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Yoshitha Rajapaksa, son of former Sri Lankan President mahinda rajapaksa, was arrested on corruption charges related to a property purchase during his father's presidency. His uncle, ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, also faced police questioning about the same property. mahinda rajapaksa is seeking reinstatement of his security after its recent reduction by the current government.

India and Sri Lanka are expected to discuss trade, defence and maritime security initiatives and finalise the implementation agenda for a $450 million line of credit offered by New Delhi during Prime Minister mahinda rajapaksa's first overseas visit from February 7-11, according to a media report. This visit will be the first overseas visit by Rajapaksa after assuming office in November 2019.

China's foreign minister Wang Yi will visit Sri Lanka next week during which the two countries will discuss matters related to bilateral ties, according to an official statement.

A Sri Lankan court on Thursday imposed a ban on overseas travel on former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa, his son and MP Namal Rajapaksa and 15 others in view of investigations against them for the deadly attack on peaceful anti-government protesters in Colombo this week. The Fort Magistrate's Court asked them to surrender their passports to the court due to the investigations taking place on the attacks on the GotaGoGama and MynaGoGama peaceful protest sites on Monday.

Officials said a range of key bilateral issues, including trade and investment, as well as defence and security figured in the talks between the two prime ministers. Earlier, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar called on the Sri Lankan prime minister.

rime Minister of Sri Lanka mahinda rajapaksa arrived on a 2-day pilgrimage to the temple city of Tirupati on Thursday.

Rajapaksa visited the India House here and wrote about Mukherjee in the condolence book. In a tweet, the High Commission of India in Colombo thanked Rajapaksa for being the first to offer his condolences at the India House. "Thank you HE PM mahinda rajapaksa for being the first to offer condolence at India House on the demise of former President of India Bharat Ratna Pranab Mukherjee," the High Commission said.

Sri Lanka's former strongman mahinda rajapaksa on Wednesday made his first appearance in Parliament since he was forced to resign as prime minister and take shelter in a navy camp under high security amidst violent protests against the economic crisis largely blamed on the Rajapaksas.

Sri Lankan President mahinda rajapaksa conceded defeat in presidential elections.

PMK founder S Ramadoss on Sunday asked the Centre to ensure the safety of Sri Lankan Tamils and protection of their basic rights. His appeal comes in the wake of Sri Lankan premier mahinda rajapaksa led political party winning a thumping majority in the Sri Lankan elections.

During his telephonic conversation, Khan also congratulated Rajapaksa on becoming the island nation's prime minister. mahinda rajapaksa, a former two-time president, was appointed prime minister on Thursday by his younger brother and newly-elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The ancestral home of the Rajapaksas in Hambantota has been set on fire by a group of anti-government protestors, hours after mahinda rajapaksa, the patriarch of the powerful clan resigned in response to mounting demand for his ouster as Sri Lanka's prime minister.

According to a report on Headlines Today, Salman Khan stirred up yet another controversy when he visited Sri Lanka with Jacqueline Fernandez to prop up the incumbent mahinda rajapaksa's re-election bid.

Sri Lanka's presidential polls begin Saturday with incumbent Maithripala Sirisena, not in the fray, which means no matter who wins, India will have to deal with a new President while wrestling China in the Indian Ocean. Observers expect the return of the pro-China Rajapaksa family with Gotabaya Rajapaksa, brother of former prez mahinda rajapaksa, in the fray.

mahinda rajapaksa on Monday said he is ready to make "any sacrifice" for the people amidst reports that the Sri Lankan Prime Minister may offer to stand down, as pressure mounts on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an interim administration to overcome the worst economic crisis facing the country.

The unity government of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) and the United National Party (UNP) was thrown into a crisis after former president mahinda rajapaksa's new party pulled off a stunning victory in local elections in February seen as a referendum on the ruling alliance.

Sri Lanka’s PM mahinda rajapaksa quit on Monday to make way for a unity government, in a bid to find a way out of the country’s worst economic crisis in history, but protesters said they also wanted his brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to stand down as president. The PM’s resignation came hours after clashes broke out in Colombo and elsewhere, killing five people and wounding almost 200.

Sri Lankan President mahinda rajapaksa on Sunday sacked the country’s first woman chief justice Shirani Bandarnayake after ratifying her impeachment by parliament which held her guilty of corruption.

The brother of former President mahinda rajapaksa was among eight persons against whom the Sri Lankan graft commission filed a corruption case on for causing a loss of nearly US$ 75 million to the country.

Sri Lanka's embattled Prime Minister mahinda rajapaksa has proposed to amend the Constitution to create an accountable administration that met the people's aspirations, amid large scale protests against the government over its handling of the economy. “It is my hope that the amended Constitution will be able to achieve the aspirations of the people,” he said in a statement.

The Sri Lankan police have questioned former prime minister mahinda rajapaksa and recorded a 3-hour-long statement over the violent clashes between his supporters and anti-government protesters in the crisis-hit country that killed at least 10 people and injured over 200 others, according to a media report on Thursday.