There are many ways to spend a Thursday morning. You can have breakfast, you can go for a walk. You can attend a political rally and explain how everyone else is corrupt. Or, if you are Namal Rajapaksa, you can finally answer a summons from the bribery commission and discover that the phrase “come in for questioning” can have a ...

Former First Lady leaves Sri Lanka days before reported FCID appearance as questions resurface over Siriliya Saviya account, CT scanner funds, luxury buses and other investigations Former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s departure for Singapore has brought renewed attention to a series of financial and criminal investigations that have surrounded her for more than a decade. Rajapaksa left Bandaranaike International Airport ...

KAHATAGASDIGILIYA, Sri Lanka — President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has delivered an unmistakably combative message to Sri Lanka’s political establishment: power, family connections and political status will no longer be a shield against allegations of corruption. Addressing a large NPP rally in Kahatagasdigiliya on Sunday (13), Dissanayake made clear that his government intends to push ahead with investigations into the misuse ...

COLOMBO– In a thrilling leap toward the cutting edge of modern governance, United National Party (UNP) Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a revolutionary 21st-century modernization plan designed to propel Sri Lanka into the digital age by leaning exclusively on political ghosts from the mid-1900s. Addressing an audience gathered to celebrate the party’s 80th anniversary, the former President boldly declared that the ...