The violence occurred following reports that Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer to stand down as Prime Minister, as pressure mounted on the embatt...

The government is set to begin talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Monday for a loan programme, and analysts have flagged p...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's overture came as armed troops looked to quell more demonstrations over what the government acknowledges is t...

The bill titled the Colombo Port City Economic Commission was gazetted on March 23 and the ruling Rajapaksa administration tabled it in Par...

The UN probe report on alleged war crimes committed during the final phase of Sri Lankan military's battle against the LTTE has been handed.

Sri Lanka's new government has resumed investigations against members of the Mahinda Rajapaksa regime for alleged misdeeds soon after Monda...

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa today blamed 'international and local conspirators' for his defeat in the presidential electi...

Colombo will review all projects that was approved by the previous government and take steps if discrepancies are found.

The LTTE, based in north and east of Sri Lanka, were fighting for an independent state for the country's 12 per cent minority Tamils.

The new government was aware that people who held high positions had hidden "billions of dollars" in foreign accounts, he said.

In the presidential polls concluded last week, Rajapaksa had lost the polls to his friend-turned-foe Maithripala Sirisena, who was the comm...

"We want him to go with dignity," said Upul Jayasuriya, Chairman of the lawyers' body Bar Association of Sri Lanka.

Rajapaksa called polls 2 yrs ahead of schedule to seek fresh mandate before his party's popularity wanes further, after falling 21% in Sept...

"I have given them more valuables than gold. I have ensured their freedom (by ending war with the LTTE)," Rajapaksa told PTI.

Mahinda Rajapaksa today said he wishes to see more foreign leaders visiting his country to experience the island's post conflict progress.

Rajapaksa was apparently referring to the latest UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) resolution against his country, Sri Lanka.

Creating history, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa might attend swearing in ceremomy of Prime Minister designate Narendra Modi in Del...