Dilith Jayaweera, one of the close associates of ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said that National Freedom Front (NFF) leader Wimal Weerawansa, MP, has ignored the role played by the family in ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa disclosed that in the run-up to the March 31, 2022, protest, outside his Mirihana residence, some ... Presidential aspirant Dilith Jayaweera is one of those who accused the ...

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, 72, who was elected in 2019, is the second member of his family to serve as Sri Lanka’s president. His elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, 76, who is the country’s prime ...

Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the crisis-hit island nation last month amid mass protests, is expected to return to the country next week, according to a senior minister.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s flight signified the Rajapaksa dynasty’s fall from political favor as the South Asian country undergoes an upheaval. Basil Rajapaksa, his brother and the former Sri Lankan ...

His brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who like Gotabaya was widely considered a “war hero” among the majority population, was elected President in 2005 and achieved near legendary status in 2009 when ...

Sri Lanka's former wartime defence chief, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, said on Friday he would run for president in elections this year and would stop the spread of Islamist extremism by rebuilding the ...

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war and went on to become president, had been due to step down on Wednesday to ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already agreed to resign. Protesters had stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa waving to supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP) Meenakshi Ganguly is South Asia director at Human Rights ...

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