Former Sri Lanka Army Chief

A Sri Lankan court has banned the feared brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from foreign travel, police said today, over allegations he used a commercial floating armoury as weaponry for a "private army".

Mahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his defeat.

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka said on Thursday that he aimed to topple the government and create a new political culture, ruling out any possibility of working with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was formally freed from prison on Monday following a presidential pardon. Large crowds gathered outside the prison to greet Fonseka, who was imprisoned in 2010 just days after he lost to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election, Xinhua reported.

Sri Lanka's detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election to the top post.

Breaking its silence on detention of former Sri Lankan Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka, India on Thursday said it "trusts" that the Rajapakse government would "observe" due process of law in the case.

The authorities allowed Sri Lanka's jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka's wife to meet him on Tuesday night, a top military official said on Wednesday.

Incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday emerged victorious in the bitterly-fought Presidential elections against former army chief Sarath Fonseka.

A Sri Lankan court has banned the feared brother of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa from foreign travel, police said today, over allegations he used a commercial floating armoury as weaponry for a "private army".

Mahinda Rajapaksa's defeat in the Presidential elections was followed by the news that he had attempted a coup as the results poured in, predicting his defeat.

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka said on Thursday that he aimed to topple the government and create a new political culture, ruling out any possibility of working with President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

Former Sri Lankan Army chief Sarath Fonseka was formally freed from prison on Monday following a presidential pardon. Large crowds gathered outside the prison to greet Fonseka, who was imprisoned in 2010 just days after he lost to President Mahinda Rajapaksa in the presidential election, Xinhua reported.

Sri Lanka's detained former army chief Sarath Fonseka filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging President Mahinda Rajapakse's re-election to the top post.

Breaking its silence on detention of former Sri Lankan Army Chief General Sarath Fonseka, India on Thursday said it "trusts" that the Rajapakse government would "observe" due process of law in the case.

The authorities allowed Sri Lanka's jailed former army chief Sarath Fonseka's wife to meet him on Tuesday night, a top military official said on Wednesday.

Incumbent Mahinda Rajapaksa on Wednesday emerged victorious in the bitterly-fought Presidential elections against former army chief Sarath Fonseka.