Mahinda Rajapaksa

New Sri Lankan prime minister Dinesh Gunawardena’s India connection

A Rajapaksa loyalist, Dinesh Gunawardena is Sri Lanka’s new prime minister. The veteran politician’s parents escaped to India during World War II and joined underground activists who were part of the freedom movement

Sri Lanka top court bars ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, brother from leaving the country

The duo will not be allowed to leave the country without permission until 28 July. This comes on the day Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation as president was formally announced

Explained: Why Gotabaya Rajapaksa went from Maldives to Singapore

Sri Lanka's disgraced former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday fled to Singapore for a 'private visit'. It is believed he has strong connections to the city-state, where his family has gone time and again for medical reasons

Sri Lanka crisis: Ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, minister Basil Rajapaksa won't leave country until SC hears plea, say lawyers

A five-judge bench of Sri Lankan Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Friday the petition against the two members of the erstwhile powerful Rajapaksa family

Dubai, India, or the Maldives? Where will Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya Rajapaksa go?

Sri Lanka’s embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was stopped from fleeing the country by immigration officials at the airport in Colombo. He wanted to get on a flight to Dubai. Will he consider taking the sea route or using a military craft to fly to India or the Maldives now?

Explained: What led to the fall of Sri Lanka’s powerful Rajapaksa clan?

The Rajapaksa brothers, Mahinda and Gotabaya, were hailed as war heroes when they led the fight against the LTTE. But today, they are considered the big villains responsible for Sri Lanka’s economic collapse

Former Sri Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa questioned by CID over 9 May violence

Police said the CID recorded a nearly three-hour-long statement from the former Prime Minister last evening at his residence in Colombo

Sri Lanka economic crisis: Will not be able to repay debts for six more months, says Central Bank governor

Central Bank of Sri Lanka Governor Nandalal Weerasinghe said there will be no debt servicing until the country was able to restructure its $51-billion external debt

Sri Lanka crisis: Cash-strapped country out of petrol, says PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Wickremesinghe said the government had also run out of cash to pay the 1.4 million civil servants their salaries in May, and he will turn to money printing as a last resort

Sri Lanka's new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe assumes office for sixth time, Opposition refuses to extend support

Opposition parties in Sri Lanka say that appointment of Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister has been made with 'zero regard' to the voice of people of the country