Sri Lanka Emergency

The 70-year-old politician served as the defence secretary during his elder brother Mahinda Rajapaksa's tenure as president from 2005 to 2014

The communal violence was triggered by the death of a Sinhalese man at the hands of a mob

Buddhist groups have accusing Muslims of forcing people to convert to Islam and vandalising Buddhist archaeological sites

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena and his government decided to declare a state of emergency for 10 days