Politicians never retire from politics,” Mahinda Rajapaksa said in 2024 ( He had done more than most to set that trend in motion. Up until 2005, presidents retired after completing their two terms.

Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts. A British national had been arrested over ...

Colombo, May 6 (Daily Mirror) - Former Presidents Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Maithripala Sirisena did not cast their votes at today’s Local Government Election. Daily Mirror ...

It may be recalled that President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s election rallies were much bigger than those of his rival, Maithripala Sirisena, in the run-up to the 2015 presidential polls, but he suffered an ...

Former President mahinda Rajapaksa has refuted claims by a New York Times report that his 2015 Presidential Election campaign was funded by Chinese Government-affiliated companies including the China ...

"I'm looking forward to clearing former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s name under the NPP government. We did nothing wrong to the people. We always stood with them and made decisions to uplift ...

The parties of former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to win control of a single council, but between them secured 1,123 of the 8,299 council seats. The leftist NPP ...

Sri Lanka’s President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Photo: AP) The parties of former presidents Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mahinda Rajapaksa failed to win control of a single council, but between them ...

In view of 2024 being the election year, former President of Sri Lanka and Leader of Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Mahinda Rajapaksa speaking at its May Day Rally expressed his confidence that ...

The party won the CMC in 2011 when its rival the UPFA led by former President Mahinda Rajapaksa won all other local government bodies in the country, just two years after the then government’s ...