Addressing a victory celebration on Tuesday, Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse eulogised the military for its part in Colombo’s 30-year communal war and declared that he would continue to ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is likely to dissolve the Parliament later on Sunday, paving the way for snap elections in the country months ahead of the schedule, a top ...

Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapakse has announced large tax concessions for international investors following his government’s reactivation of the Strategic Development Projects Act (SDPA ...

Sri Lankan President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on Wednesday named his elder brother and former strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new Prime Minister after incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe announced his ...

23 May 2020, 3:26 pm. 2 min read. ... Baglay presented his credentials to President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa on May 14 during a ceremony held in Colombo through video-conferencing, ...

President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa could issue the dismissal order on Parliament on March 1 night — the earliest he could force a fresh parliamentary poll. Gotabhaya on Wednesday named Rajapaksa as ...

The second blow was delivered when Mahinda Rajapaksa announced that he would be the prime ministerial candidate of the SLPP in the general election that will follow the presidential poll. Most likely, ...

With the controversial statement made by Minister John Senevirathne suggesting that Gotabhaya Rajapaksa be appointed as the second in command of the SLFP; there were many who made their ...

Colombo, Jun 25 (PTI) Former Sri Lankan strongman Gotabhaya Rajapaksa said today that his US citizenship will not stop him from running for President if head of the SLPP Mahinda Rajapaksa approves it.

Sri Lanka’s newly elected President Gotabhaya Rajapaksa sought to play down his country’s links to China on his first trip to neighbouring India. The ties between Colombo and Beijing were ...

Rajapaksa’s brother probed over killings. Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, brother of Sri Lankan ex-leader, accused of ordering murders, including that of a newspaper editor.