Gotabaya Rajapaksa

 Colombo: The Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka (HRCSL) ruled on Tuesday that former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country in July amid the unrest triggered by the ongoing economic crisis, should be allowed to return to the…

Colombo: Ex-Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country following protests against economic crisis in the island nation, will return to Sri Lanka on August 24. Former Ambassador to Sri Lanka and Rajapaksa's cousin…

Colombo: Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former Sri Lankan President who secretly fled the country on July 13 amid violent protests in the wake of the island nation's ongoing economic crisis, is set to return, a Minister said on Tuesday. When…

Colombo: A week after people's elected President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid massive public protests and protesters storming his house and office, the 225-member Sri Lankan Parliament is voting to elect a new President. The…

Male: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left for Singapore from the Maldives, media report said. President Rajapaksa is accompanied by his wife and two security officials who flew with him from Colombo on a Saudi…

Colombo: Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker is yet to receive President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation letter, local media reported. Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that he has not yet received President Rajapaksa's resignation.…

Colombo: Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday, hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country after massive protests, the Prime Minister's office said. "Since the president is out of the country, an…

Colombo: Amidst severe public protest and an ultimatum to resign by protestors who took over the President's House in a violent protest on Saturday, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country secretly, an emigration officer…

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled his official home as protesters surrounded his residence on Saturday, reported news agency AFP. Some protestors have entered the residence of the President holding Srilankan flags and…

Colombo: Facing a disaster of severe food shortage over the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured President Gotabaya Rajapaksa of fertiliser for the ongoing cultivation season. Rajapaksa on…