Sri Lanka, July 21 -- Matara Chief Magistrate Chathura Dissanayake today (21) reissued an arrest warrant for former Minister Basil Rajapaksa after he failed to appear before court for the second time ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Bloomberg) -- Basil Rajapaksa, the former finance minister of Sri Lanka and brother of the outgoing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -The brother of Sri Lanka's president and the country's former finance minister, Basil Rajapaksa, said on Thursday he had resigned from parliament, the second from the influential ...

Basil Rajapaksa, 70, has taken over the finance portfolio – Copyright AFP ISHARA S. KODIKARA A brother of Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka’s former minister for economic development, Basil Rajapaksa, was granted bail Monday after spending seven weeks in custody as part of sweeping antigraft investigations by ...

Sri Lankan tycoon Kulappuarachchige Don Dhammika Perera, one of the bankrupt country’s richest men, will replace former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa as a lawmaker to help steer the nation out of ...

Basil Rajapaksa, the former finance minister of Sri Lanka and brother of the outgoing President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, attempted to leave the country early Tuesday but was turned back by airport ...