A hardline Sri Lankan monk who is a close ally of ousted former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has been sentenced to nine months in prison for insulting Islam and inciting religious hatred.

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives before eventually making his way to Singapore Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return to the ...

He was a trusted ally of former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced to resign and flee abroad following mass protests over the island nation's economic crisis in 2022. During Rajapaksa's ...

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has denied any involvement in a building constructed illegally on a reservation land near the Menik Ganga in Kataragama. The building, which consists of 12 rooms, ...

His uncle and former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was also quizzed by the police last week on the same property - a holiday home in the southern religious resort of Kataragama. The arrest came as ...