Former Defence Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has defended the decision taken by the former Government to obtain loans from China. The former Government under then President
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Former Sri Lankan President denies report of China funding his election campaign
Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa on Sunday denied the allegations reported in a New York Times article that his 2015 election campaign received funding
Sri Lanka airlines incurred losses due to appointment of relatives to key posts- witness
The President of the Airline Pilots’ Guild of Sri Lanka Captain Ruwan Vithanage yesterday told the Presidential Commission inquiring into the national airlines that the
CID to record MR’s statement for Keith’s probe
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) is to record a statement from former President MP Mahinda Rajapaksa on the abduction and assault on the Associate Editor
JO party leaders absent at MR’s meeting
Party leaders in the Joint Opposition (JO) have not been present at a meeting of the JO MPs that was convened last evening at the
SLFP appoints new office bearers
The Central Committee of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) at its meeting on Sunday appointed a new set of office bearers to lead the fractured
Gotabhaya is not a suitable candidate for presidency from JO – MP Vasudeva
Joint Opposition Parliamentarian Vasudeva Nanayakkara says that former defense secretary and former president Mahinda Rajapaksa’s younger brother Gotabhaya Rajapaksa is not a suitable presidential candidate
Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister invites former president for a debate on debt burden
Sri Lanka’s Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera yesterday extended an invitation to former president Mahinda Rajapaksa to a television debate on the country’s debt burden. The
Milestone marks from Mangala
After completing year as Finance Minister insists sound macroeconomic fundamentals exist for stronger growth Higher tax revenue, investments, FDIs, export earnings, lower debt and poverty highlighted as wins
SLFP Group of 16 to meet MR
The Group of 16 SLFP MPs who recently quit the government, is to meet with former President MP Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday (23). SLFP MP