Sri Lanka news: Rajapaksa flew to Colombo around midnight Friday from Thailand and was escorted under military guard to his new home in the capital.
Sri Lanka news: Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country on July 13 after months-long mass public demonstrations demanding his immediate resignation on July 9 gained momentum after protesters stormed the President’s House in Colombo and several other state buildings in the capital.
Sri Lanka news: After consulting his lawyers two days back, Rajapaksa had decided to return back to Sri Lanka later this month, Daily Mirror reported citing sources.
Sri Lanka news: Former Sri Lankan Ambassador to Russia, Udayanga Weeratunga, who is also related to Gotabaya, hinted that Rajapaksa will return to the country on August 24, the Daily Mirror said on Wednesday (August 17).
Protestors claimed that the area was designated as an agitation site by the previous government of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, so there was no need to quit the protest site.
Sri Lanka crisis: Though dubbed as the “war hero”, his role in ending the conflict with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) with the death of its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009 is quite divisive as he stands accused of violating human rights, a charge he vehemently denies.
Sri Lanka Crisis: The only time when Sri Lanka's presidency became vacant mid-term was in 1993 after the assassination of then-president Ranasinghe Premadasa.
Sri Lanka crisis: Wickremesinghe declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country on July 13 as protesters came prepared to face tear gas shelling.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country, escalating the political crisis and triggering a fresh wave of protests.
Sri Lanka crisis: The Prime Minister’s Office informed the media organisations that the state of emergency in the country and a curfew in the Western province had been imposed.
Sri Lanka crisis: According to international media reports, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was supposed to resign from his post today, fled the country with his wife and two bodyguards aboard a Sri Lankan Air Force plane.
Sri Lanka crisis: The 73-year-old President fled to the Maldives along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet early Wednesday in the face of a public revolt against his government for mishandling the country's economy.
Sri Lanka crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife along with two bodyguards travelled to the Maldives after full approval of the country's Defence Ministry, Sri Lanka officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Sri Lanka Crisis: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had agreed to step down under pressure. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would leave once a new government was in place.
Sri Lanka's parliament is likely to reconvene on July 15 and a new President may be elected on July 20, as per the country's parliamentary speaker. Will this help the nation recover from the ongoing economic crisis? Watch this episode of Aaj Ki Baat.
Sri Lanka's presidential secretariat has been issuing the President’s statement even after he had fled the official residence when thousands of people stormed it on Saturday.
Local media reported that Rajapaksa instructed several officials to carry out the distribution of gas as the first ship arrives at Kerawalapitiya this afternoon (July 10).
Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa's announcement to resign came soon after Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said he would leave office. Pressure on both leaders grew as the economic meltdown set off acute shortages of essential items.
Sri Lanka crisis: Sri Lanka’s economy is in a state of collapse, muddling through with aid from India and other countries as its leaders try to negotiate a bailout with the International Monetary Fund.
Sri Lanka Protest: Sri Lankan police on Saturday fired tear gas at protesters demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his government resign over the island nation's worst economic crisis in recent memory.
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