Commending the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) for having filed dozens of cases ...

Sri Lanka's former president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, gestures after taking oath as its prime minister toward his brother, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, during a ceremony in Colombo on Nov. 21, 2019.

Several critics argue that even if the lessee is a state-owned company, the terms of the lease — including the symbolic Rs. 10,000 fee — suggest poor governance and raise questions about whether the ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa’s exit marks a watershed moment for a powerful dynasty that dominated Sri Lankan politics for years and returned triumphantly to power in 2019. Advertisement.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s second son Yoshitha, formerly of the Navy, and his great-aunt Daisy Forest, were ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, the eldest of the Rajapaksa brothers, who have held a number of top government roles, served first as prime minister and then as a two-term president.

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, and his grandmother, Daisy Forrest, were formally indicted ...

Even though Mahinda Rajapaksa was adored by the country’s majority Buddhist Sinhalese for defeating the ethnic Tamil separatists after a 26-year bloody civil war, allegations of human rights ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa previously led the country from 2009-2014. Mahinda Rajapaksa previously led the country from 2009-2014. Sign Up for Our Ideas Newsletter POV. Subscribe Subscribe. Sections.

Indictments have been served before the Colombo High Court on Yoshitha Rajapaksa and his grandmother Daisy Forest ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, with his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. Tharaka Basnayaka/NurPhoto/Getty Images And while the good times were rolling, despite gripes about ...

Sri Lanka’s former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has been sworn in as the prime minister for the fourth time after his party secured a landslide victory in parliamentary elections that cemented ...