Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka summons Canadian diplomat over sanctions on Rajapaksa brothers

Canada on Tuesday imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankans, including former presidents Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa, for committing what it called “gross and systematic violations of human rights” during the country’s civil war

Canada sanctions Gotabaya and Mahinda Rajapaksa for human rights violation during Sri Lanka's civil war

Also sanctioned are two senior military officers, including Ratnayake, whom a court sentenced to death for his role in a massacre of Tamils in 2000. He was later pardoned by the government

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka from Dubai

Rajapaksa and his wife Ayoma arrived at Bandaranaike International Airport here from Dubai on Thursday, the Daily Mirror Lanka newspaper reported, quoting the airport duty manager and spokesperson of the airport immigration department

Sri Lanka begins fresh austerity drive, freezes government recruitment

The IMF has asked Colombo to trim its 1.5 million strong public service, sharply raise taxes and sell off loss-making state enterprises

Sri Lanka: How Chinese ‘interference in internal affairs’ provoked Tamil MP’s ire

This is the first time that any political leader in the country has made such a charge against China despite Beijing's continual involvement in white elephant projects

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, family leaves for Dubai

Rajapaksa,73, fled Sri Lanka to the Maldives on a Sri Lankan Airforce plane in July, as the country plunged into its worst economic and humanitarian crisis since its independence. He returned to the country months later

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka economy shrinks 8.4 per cent in second quarter

Sri Lanka's central bank expects the country's economy to shrink by eight per cent this year, with inflation running at over 64 per cent and the rupee losing nearly half of its value against the dollar since January

Sri Lanka: Former president Rajapaksa Gotabaya faces arrest calls after returning from exile

Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka on Saturday after he fled the island nation under military escort in July when a huge crowd stormed his official residence following months of angry demonstrations against his government

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa comes back after 51-day of self imposed exile

Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka to the Maldives on a Sri Lanka Airforce plane and then proceeded to Singapore, from where he resigned on 14 July

Sri Lanka: Bankrupt deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa 'to return home'

Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka under military escort in July after unarmed crowds stormed his official residence