Then, in 1998, Mr Rajapaska and his family moved to the US - returning in 2005, the year his brother Mahinda became president. Under his brother's presidency, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was appointed the ...

The family, however, returned more powerful four years later, when Mahinda's brother was elected president. Gotabaya ...

But the family made a comeback in 2019, when Rajapaksa's younger brother, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, won the presidential election on a promise to restore security in the wake of the Easter Sunday ...

BANGKOK--Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa ... blame mismanagement and corruption by the Rajapaksa family for the economic crisis that has led to serious shortages of essentials ...