The Latest Breaking News from Basil Rajapaksa

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

Sri Lanka's highest court has allowed former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas until Jan. 15, anti-corruption body Transparency International Sri Lanka said on Friday.

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court extended a travel ban on former president Mahinda Rajapaksa and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, brothers of ex-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, to Aug. 2, news channel Newsfirst said in a tweet on Wednesday.

A deepening economic crisis in Sri Lanka sparked mass protests that forced President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country, leaving his successor, Ranil Wickremesinghe, to declare a state of emergency while seeking a bailout from the International Monetary Fund.

As protest movement over island’s worst-ever economic crisis reaches a milestone, people say struggle is not yet over.

Sri Lanka’s triumphant protesters celebrate Rajapaska’s departure, but say bigger systemic changes still needed

Sri Lanka's top court on Friday barred former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without permission until July 28, anti-corruption group Transparency International Sri Lanka said.

Ranil Wickremesinghe to serve until MPs vote for new leader next week after months of protests over economic crisis

A six-time prime minister, the leader of the main opposition party and a journalist-turned-politician from the ruling party are vying to become Sri Lanka's next president, after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country this week.