Shiranthi Rajapaksa arrested: How Sri Lanka’s former first lady ‘misused’ hospital donations
Sri Lanka’s Shiranthi Rajapaksa, the wife of former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, has been arrested and is currently lodged at a high-security prison in Colombo. The 73-year-old has been accused of misusing a Rs 10 million donation to her Siriliya Saviya charity, which was meant to be spent on a specialised scanner for a children’s hospital
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- roshneesh kmaneck
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- Thursday, 8 October 2026, 12:16 pm IST
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