The Latest Breaking News from Mahinda Rajapaksa

Public disturbances over misrule, joblessness and corruption have felled governments in three countries in as many years, but analysts tell Shweta Sharma that the storm is far from over

Sri Lanka’s former president and six-time prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was arrested on August 22 for allegedly misusing state resources while in office. He is accused of using public funds to attend his wife’s graduation ceremony in London after an official visit to the US in 2023. Wickremesinghe has since…

From an IMF deal he wants to renegotiate to parliamentary elections, president-elect faces key challenges.

Economic issues top the agenda as the island country of 22 million goes to the polls to elect its 10th president.

His party, the JVP, twice fought violent battles to overthrow the very Sri Lankan state that he now wants to run.

The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election next week

Economy remains key issue after protesters angered by financial crisis toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in 2022.

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe faces 38 challengers in polls next month, the election commission said Thursday after nominations closed, with ally-turned-rival Sajith Premadasa leading the pack.

In Bangladesh, weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs turned into a broad uprising that forced the prime minister to flee the country and resign