Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has urged the NPP government to stand by Sri Lanka’s war-winning military. The following is the text of the statement issued by the former President: “The United ...

Sri Lanka's government introduced sweeping legislation yesterday to recover stolen assets and pave the way for the prosecution of high-profile politicians from previous administrations, among others.

Presidents J. R. Jayewardene, Mahinda Rajapaksa and Gotabaya Rajapaksa, by virtue of being the leaders of the ruling parties with supermajorities, reduced the Legislature to a mere appendage of the ...

And I liked it. This is good, I thought. This is funny.” For Alex, the real triumph wasn’t just hitting No. 1 on Netflix but also proving to himself that comedy can be accessible to everyone.

In the glaring absence of an immediate Foreign Office response to Britain’s decision to impose sanctions on three former Lankan Armed Force Commanders, former President Mahinda Rajapaksa emerged from ...

PANGLAO ISLAND BOHOL, Philippines — Two male passengers were arrested for making a bomb joke at the Bohol-Panglao International Airport on Sunday morning, briefly disrupting the airport’s ...

In the meantime, the then-President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa also expressed displeasure over the UK government’s decision that the action comes over ‘unproven allegations of human rights ...

This was in coalition with the United Peoples’ Freedom Alliance (UPFA) led by then President Mahinda Rajapaksa. Chandrakanthan contested the 2020 general election from the UPFA and was elected from ...

“Funny story,” Smith said on Thursday after shooting a one-under-par 71 to open the Masters. “I met Charlie, the Greyson guy, at teams week this week, and we had a couple of beers and maybe ...

“I have been in the same room with Elon, and he always tries to be funny. And he’s not funny. Like, at all,” a senior Trump administration official told Rolling Stone. “He makes these ...

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Murray said in a statement at the time: “I did something I thought was funny, and it wasn’t taken that way”. Speaking to The New York Times, he gave his recollection of the incident ...