Mahinda Rajapaksa

...about 136,000 remain in the camps, down from 300,000 immediately after the war. Basil Rajapaksa, a senior adviser to his brother, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, has said the remaining detainees will be released next month. Unable to reach the...

In this article: Sri Lanka, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and Detainee

...by April and opposition parties are considering backing a possible challenge by the victorious army chief against President Mahinda Rajapaksa, who they blame for the failure to resettle many refugees after the end of the 25-year war in...

In this article: United Nations, Sri Lanka, Ban Ki-moon, and Sarath Fonseka

...in the camps, which are guarded by soldiers and strung with barbed wire. </p><p>Basil Rajapaksa, a senior adviser to his brother, President Mahinda Rajapaksa, said Saturday the detainees will be free to return to their villages after Dec....

In this article: Sri Lanka, Detainee, U.N., Tamil Tigers, and Rohitha Bogollagama

...48, fears for his life because of a string of death threats that followed his bold forecast this year that the President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, would be booted from office or killed. Mr Bandara was charged with being a threat to national...

In this article: Sri Lanka, Sarath Fonseka, Facebook, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Tamil Tigers, and Colombo

Sri Lankans are now waiting to see whether the general will make a presidential challenge to the incumbent, Mahinda Rajapaksa. President Rajapaksa has appointed the air force chief in his place. 'Traitor' Two military aides to Gen...

In this article: Allegation, Tamil Tigers, and BBC

...a 25-year war with the Tamil Tiger rebels, had announced last week his resignation as Chief of Defense Staff, accusing president Mahinda Rajapaksa of unjustly sidelining him over unfounded coup fears. "Today I'm bidding farewell to the...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna, United National Party, Colombo, and Reuters

Navigation - link to other main sections from here Sri Lanka's President Rajapaksa 'feared coup' after defeat of Tamil Tigers President Rajapaksa of Sri Lanka was so afraid of a military coup after the defeat of the Tamil Tigers that he...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Tamil Tigers, Sri Lanka, Sri Lankan Army, India, and Allegation

...they would be out of jobs by the end of 2009. WHAT PROMPTED HIS RESIGNATION? Fonseka in a scathing letter accused President Mahinda Rajapaksa of sidelining him despite his contribution to the war victory, and of sullying the army's...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, UNP, Sri Lanka, United National Party, Tiger, International Monetary Fund, Tamil Tigers, and India

...role in winning a 25-year war with the Tamil Tiger rebels, stepped down on Thursday after weeks of rumors he and President Mahinda Rajapaksa had fallen out. The main opposition United National Party and the Marxist Janatha Vimukthi...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, Sri Lanka, Suicide, Psychosis, Janaka Perera, United National Party, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, and U.S. State Department

...to crush the rebel Tamil Tigers in May this year, has resigned from his post to challenge the country's powerful President, Mahinda Rajapaksa in presidential elections scheduled for April next year. General Fonseka confirmed that he had...

In this article: Sarath Fonseka, LTTE, Sri Lanka, United National Party, Buddhist temple, and Colombo