Canada imposes sanctions on former Sri Lankan presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ottawa: The Canadian government has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials, including former presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, over human rights violations, officials said on Tuesday.
Sri Lanka: Travel ban on Mahinda, Basil Rajapaksa extended
Colombo/UNI: Sri Lankan Supreme Court has extended the travel ban imposed on the country's former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ex-Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa until Aug 11.
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka's veteran political leader Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed the next Prime Minister of the crisis-hit island nation by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa amid ongoing protests.
Sri Lanka: Protest outside naval base amid reports of ex-PM's presence
Colombo: Tension prevailed in the Island Nation as a protest was held on Tuesday in front of Sri Lanka's Trincomalee Naval Base headquarters after reports surfaced of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and family members being in the base owing to security reasons.
Sri Lanka: Outgoing PM Mahinda Rajapaksa evacuated by troops
Colombo/UNI: Former Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was evacuated by heavily armed troops from his official residence in Colombo on Tuesday after thousands of protesters broke through the main gate.
Sri Lanka: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa accepts resignation of PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Colombo: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has accepted the resignation of his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as the Prime Minister, a gazette notification issued by the Sri Lankan Presidential Secretariat said late on Monday night.
Sri Lanka MP, ex-minister's houses set ablaze by protesters
Colombo/IBNS: The houses of a Sri Lankan legislator and a former minister were set ablaze on Monday evening in the biggest clashes in weeks of anti-government protests in the island nation.
Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid nationwide protests
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday resigned from his position as nationwide protests continued against his government's handling of the financial crisis.
Sri Lanka: Students protest outside PM's residence, demand resignation
Colombo: Thousands of Sri Lankan students, mostly university students, on Sunday protested outside Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa's residence demanding his resignation over the island nation's economic crisis.
'Every minute you protest, country deprived of dollar inflow': Mahinda Rajapaksa addresses nation
Colombo/IBNS: Sri Lanka Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, who is facing raging protests in the country amid the worst economic crisis, on Monday explained that the Covid lockdown in a weak economy depleted foreign reserves resulting in the present situation.
Sri Lanka crisis: Students march to PM Mahinda Rajapaksa's house in rain as protests spiral
Colombo/IBNS: The Sri Lankan crisis spiralled on Tuesday with the Mahinda Rajapaksa government temporarily shutting down embassies in Australia, Norway and Iraq.
Sri Lankan crisis: Cabinet ministers resign en masse
Colombo: The worsening economic crisis in Sri Lanka saw cabinet ministers resigning en masse after protests over the government's handling of the situation, BBC reported on Monday.
Shocking: Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa reacts to Sialkot lynching incident
Colombo: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Saturday described the killing of a Sri Lankan national in Sialkot region of Pakistan as 'shocking'.
Sri Lankan prime minister elected to head of board of governors of ADB
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has been elected to the chair of the board of governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), reported Colombopage. Rajapaksa, who also holds the charge of the ministry of finance in Sri Lanka, will remain in the position for 2021-2022.
Fifty years ago, on May 27, 1970, the journey of a political legend began. Sri Lanka’s political destiny changed when Hon. Mahinda Rajapaksa decided to follow his father’s footsteps by entering the political arena, representing the Hambantota district.