All Stories: Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's top court ruled on Tuesday that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda, were among several government officials...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa said on Saturday he is confident that his Pakistani counterpart Imran Khan will keep his commitment to...

'Very positive interaction'

'I am looking forward to working closely with you & your Govt'

NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi visited Jaffna on Saturday, making a highly symbolic first trip by an Indian prime minister to Sri Lanka's war-ravaged northern Tamil heartland after urging greater autonomy for the island's largest minority.

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency in the run-up to this month's presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa conceded defeat to his opposition challenger on Friday after a presidential election, ending a decade of rule that critics say had become increasingly authoritarian and marred by nepotism and corruption.