The Latest Breaking News from Mahinda Rajapaksa

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said he looks forward to closer ties with India during his term and thanked India for its economic assistance to the country as it tackles the worst economic crisis since independence.

Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's new prime minister, is no stranger to politics.

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has defied calls to resign, pledging instead to form a new government after violent clashes this week left eight people dead in an escalation of a monthslong crisis over food and fuel shortages.

Beleaguered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said. Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a "unity government" with cross-party support in the…

Sri Lanka appointed a new prime minister on Thursday, as its embattled president seeks a way out of the country's worst economic crisis since independence that has sparked widespread protests.

His beloved villa has been daubed in graffiti by protesters, and a museum dedicated to his father ransacked. Now former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is in hiding in a heavily fortified military base, protected by the armed forces.

The Sri Lankan state is descending into a full blown political and economic crisis, as more people contend with starvation, death and severe disruptions. Now they are also facing the brutal violence of the state.

For decades, the Rajapaksa family has loomed large on the tropical island nation of Sri Lanka, but their era of dominance could be finally coming to a close.

‘He is facing charges of committing genocide against Tamils in the civil war’