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Gotabhaya Nandasena Rajapaksa and Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka: Return of the Rajas

In the new President, Gotabhaya Nandasena Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka and its international interlocutors have a mixture of...

24 Nov 2019 3:14 AM

Sri Lankas President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (right) greets his brother Mahinda after appointing him as Prime Minister at the presidential secretariat in Colombo on Thursday. (Photo: AP)

Rajapaksas' raj: Mahinda takes charge as PM

Former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, former President Maithripala Sirisena and other political leaders were...

21 Nov 2019 8:16 PM

Sri Lankas newly-elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa was on Thursday absolved of all corruption charges linked to the embezzlement of nearly USD 185,000 by a high court which also lifted the overseas travel ban on him and released his impounded passport. (Photo: File)

Lankan court drops corruption charges against Gotabhaya, orders...

Gotabhaya will embark on his first foreign tour with a visit to India on November 29 at the invitation of Prime Minister...

21 Nov 2019 9:07 AM

Two brothers led a decisive campaign that helped end island nations three decade long civil war against LTTE. (Photo: AP)

Brothers to run Lanka: Prez Rajapaksa names elder brother Mahinda as...

Mahinda, the current main opposition leader, will assume duties soon after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally...

20 Nov 2019 2:08 PM

Gotabhaya Rajapaksa

Advantage Gotabaya as Lanka votes tomorrow?

A surfeit of candidates may be seen as an indication of greater public enthusiasm for participation in the democratic...

14 Nov 2019 7:28 PM