Sri Lankan SC extends travel ban on Mahinda Rajapaksa, Basil Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan Supreme Court on Wednesday extended the travel ban imposed on country’s former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and Basil Rajapaksa until August 11. The Sri Lankan Supreme Court had earlier issued an interim order that prevented former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without the court’s permission until July 28. Meanwhile, three […]

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa tries to flee Sri Lanka, stopped from boarding flight to Dubai

Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Basil reportedly attempted to leave Sri Lanka amid the ongoing economic crisis in the country but airport immigration officials refused […]