International News: Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa has left his official bungalow today without a new law was introduced in the Sri Lankan Parliament to unmarry the privileges of former presidents. This bungalow is located in Cinnamon Gardens, a residential zone of Colombo, which falls in the VIP zone. Before he left the bungalow, the Chinese producer to Sri Lanka came to meet him.
Mahinda Rajapaksa will turn 80 in November. He has been living in the government bungalow since 2015. Rajapaksa was the President from 2005 to 2015. He has moreover been the Prime Minister from 2004 to 2005 and then from 2019 to 2022. Sri Lanka's long starchy war ended during his tenure.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and his wife Shiranthi Rajapaksa leave without vacating their official residence located at Wijerama Road in Colombo 07 on Thursday (11). They were greeted by a large gathering of supporters at the Wijerama Road, as they were leaving the premises… pic.twitter.com/wxLPM3VDr5
— Ada Derana (@adaderana) September 11, 2025Rajapaksa returning to his village home
According to reports, Rajapaksa will now live at his house in Tangalle. Carlton House in Tangalle, Hambantota district, 190 km south of Colombo, is the place from where Rajapaksa started his political journey in 1970.
During the massive protests in 2022, protesters laid siege to both his bungalow in Colombo and his private house in Tangalle. However, they were not worldly-wise to enter any building. Without the protests, Mahinda's younger brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa had to step lanugo from the post of President.
Due to which law did you have to leave the house?
On Wednesday, Sri Lanka's parliament passed a snout to unmarry the privileges of former presidents. This was one of the most popular pre-election promises made by the recent National People's Power (NPP) government.
The snout titled 'President's Powers (Repeal) Act No. 18, 2025' to repeal the President's Powers Act No. 4, 1986 has wilt an Act. Earlier, the Supreme Court had said that the snout to withdraw the privileges given to all former presidents and their wives can be tried only by a simple majority in Parliament.
