- 28 April, 2024
Geopolitics & National SecurityMahinda
Lanka’s rights body delays summoning ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa over attacks on protesters
Colombo, Jun 1 (PTI) Sri Lanka's top human rights body has decided to delay summoning former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and ask him to appear before it after obtaining statements…
Sri Lankan court imposes overseas travel ban on former PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, 16 others
Colombo, May 12 (PTI) A Sri Lankan court on Thursday imposed a ban on overseas travel on former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, his son and MP Namal Rajapaksa and 15…
Sri Lanka’s ruling family in fight for survival as crisis worsens
By Alasdair Pal and Uditha Jayasinghe WEERAKETIYA, Sri Lanka (Reuters) - His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now…
Protests at Lankan naval base housing ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa
Colombo, May 10 (PTI) A protest began in front of Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee Naval Base on Tuesday after reports emerged that former prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his…
Sri Lanka imposes nationwide curfew; deploys army in Colombo after clash
Colombo, May 9 (PTI) Sri Lankan authorities on Monday imposed a nationwide curfew and Army troops were deployed in the capital after pro-government groups attacked protesters outside embattled President Gotabaya…
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declares state of emergency; PM Mahinda Rajapaksa refuses to quit
Colombo, May 6 (PTI) Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency with effect from Friday midnight, the presidential media division said, the second time in just…
