For varied reasons, many in the old guard are bidding goodbye and have chosen to stay away from Parliament. Among them are Mahinda Rajapaksa who has been a politician for 54 years. He was the youngest ...

President Mahinda Rajapakse’s maiden Budget was passed by an overwhelming majority in the House on Thursday, with the JVP taking on the role of the main critic of the Government and also playing the ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who dominated Sri Lankan politics ... the ex-minister told a Sinhala-language news conference, smiling. House of Cards in the Indian Ocean Fears of 'bloodbath' in Sri Lanka ...

Protesters stormed the president's house in July ... peaceful protests demanding the resignation of Mr Rajapaksa and his elder brother Mahinda, the then prime minister who quit in May.

Although it is Mr Rajapaksa's official residence, he usually sleeps at a separate house nearby. His brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, is at a naval base in the country, the sources ...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests ... of Weeraketiya also opened fire on protesters at his house, killing two and wounding five others.

Mahinda Rajapaksa attended a religious ceremony after ... signed his resignation letter in a ceremony at his house. Former PM Ranil Wickremesinghe is expected to return to office on Sunday.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP), the core ally of the ruling National People’s Power (NPP), ruled out any coalition, or ...

The northern vote should be examined against the backdrop of expulsion of the entire Muslim population from that province in ...

Further, Mr. Mahinda’s son Namal Rajapaksa, who was a Cabinet Minister ... Peramuna (JVP), is eyeing a majority in the 225-member House. The NPP must increase its seat share from three in ...

On Monday, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, warned that the South Asian country is almost out of gasoline and the "next couple of months will be the most difficult ones of our ...

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe stresses that the privileges granted to former Presidents of the country should remain ...