Be that as it may, coming back to next Thursday’s General election. There have been few maga political meetings. Other than ...

The defeat led to a formal split in the UNP with the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) emerging as a separate outfit under Sajith ...

Now, as Sri Lanka prepares to elect a new leader, Namal Rajapaksa is running for president. The 38-year-old is the son of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and the nephew of the ousted president ...

Basil shouldn’t have left country on the eve of Prez poll Mahinda should have retired after 2015 defeat Political marriage ...

Sri Lanka has had no functioning government for nearly two weeks and is facing the prospect of being unable to pass a budget for next year. Sri Lankan Army Captures De-facto Capital of Tamil ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake is following former Presidents – Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa – when it ...

A committee in Sri Lanka will review the privileges of former presidents, following President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s ...

The next president in Sri Lanka was Mahinda Rajapaksa (2005-2015). I remember one time when he gave a speech and I was close to him taking his photograph. He gave me a look that made me shiver. I ...

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has resigned amid mass protests at the government's handling of a deepening economic crisis. The move came as the island was placed under curfew after ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, who dominated Sri Lankan politics as president for a decade, is now vying for power again - this time as prime minister. In a move opponents are calling unconstitutional ...

February 2, 2014 was a red letter day in the life of Anura Kumara Dissanayake. It was on this day that the Janatha ...