Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka votes to elect new President today, Premadasa urges India to keep aid flowing regardless of result

<p> Ahead of the voting to elect Sri Lanka’s new President today, Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa has made a…

2 years ago

Indian High Commissioner meets Lankan Parliament Speaker, assures New Delhi’s support to island nation

<p> India's High Commissioner to Colombo, Gopal Baglay called on Speaker of Sri Lankan Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Saturday…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lands in Singapore as private guest, not granted asylum

<p> Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is on a private visit and has not been granted asylum, the Singapore government…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya likely to fly from Maldives to Singapore

<p> Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday is likely to fly to Singapore today,…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya flees in military plane from Colombo to Maldives

<p> Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife arrived in Maldives early this morning after fleeing from Colombo on…

2 years ago

Colombo airport staff block President Gotabaya’s bid to board Dubai flight, now eyes escape via sea route

<p> Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa failed in his attempt to flee to Dubai after airport staff stood in his…

2 years ago

Is Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa headed for exile in Dubai?

<p> Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had taken refuge at a navy facility but has now been brought to the…

2 years ago

Bankrupt Sri Lanka’s economic crisis to deepen further as IMF talks are delayed

<p> <strong>The International Monetary Fund (IMF) which has been in talks with bankrupt Sri Lanka for a rescue package said…

2 years ago

Protesters found millions of rupees in Gotabaya’s mansion, says Sri Lanka newspaper

<p> Protesters in Sri Lanka who stormed President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence on Saturday found "millions of rupees" in the mansion,…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka goes through a People’s Revolution but the endgame is still far away

<p> On Saturday, Sri Lanka appears to have experienced a People’s Revolution. In scenes that had the hallmark of a…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka cricket greats back protesters, tell Gotabaya to go

<p> Sri Lanka’s cricket greats came out in support of the protesters against the Sri Lanka President with Sanath Jayasurya…

2 years ago

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya flees as protesters storm official residence in Colombo

<p> Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence on Saturday shortly before protesters, angered by an unprecedented economic…

2 years ago

State of emergency will not solve Sri Lanka’s difficulties, say heads of foreign missions in Colombo

<p> <strong>Several foreign missions and their representatives in Colombo have expressed their growing concern over the political crisis gripping Sri…

3 years ago

Sri Lankan Bar Association decries imposition of emergency, says ‘stifling protest no solution’

<p> Expressing grave concern over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's declaration of a state of emergency, Sri Lankan Bar Association urged him…

3 years ago

How the Rajapaksa family’s brazenly populist decisions led to Sri Lanka’s economic meltdown

<p> <strong>The Gotabaya Rajapaksa government's </strong><strong>illogical delay </strong><strong>in seeking assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the much-required debt restructuring exercise </strong><strong>amid…

3 years ago

Sri Lankan President declares public emergency after unrest

<p> <strong>Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Friday issued an extraordinary gazette declaring a public emergency in the island nation…

3 years ago

Covid batters Sri Lanka–drop in tourism, expat remittances force Colombo to seek the IMF’s ‘advice’

<p> <strong>Even as a near bankrupt Sri Lanka averted a default by repaying $500 million international sovereign bond (ISB) in…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka averts international loan default but citizens are not happy

<p> <strong>Amid intense scrutiny and fast deteriorating economic situation, Sri Lanka averted a default repaying $500 million international sovereign bond…

3 years ago

Sri Lanka announces $1 billion relief for people as New Year gift

<p> Amid surging anger and food shortages, the Gotabaya Rajapaksa government has unveiled a Rs 229-billion ($1 billion) relief package…

3 years ago

Many Sri Lankans keen to relocate to other countries as Colombo stares are bankruptcy

<p> <strong>As the economic crisis deepens in Sri Lanka pushing the island nation on the brink of bankruptcy, scores of…

3 years ago

Rajapaksa family faces people’s ire as Sri Lanka’s economy sinks

<p> <strong>In 2019, the year when Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa took over, the foreign exchange reserves of the country…

3 years ago