Tag: President Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Rajapaksa dynasty draws to humiliating close in Sri Lanka
The Rajapaksa dynasty dominated Sri Lankan politics until April when street protests against fuel and food shortages began to slip…
Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives
A government source and a person close to Rajapaksa said he was in Male, the capital of the Maldives. The…
Prime Minister confirms Sri Lankan president’s resignation
Constitutional experts say once the president and prime minister formally resign, the next step would be for the speaker to…
ICYMI: Demonstrators sack Sri Lanka president, prime minister [Photos]
Frustration with the economic crisis boiled over on Saturday when a huge crowd of protesters surged passed armed guards into…
Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa swears in 15-member cabinet
Sri Lanka’s new President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sworn in a 15-member cabinet of ministers officials said on Friday.