President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan president resigns, Parliament to convene Saturday

Jul 15, 2022

The speaker of Sri Lanka’s Parliament said Friday that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and Parliament will convene to choose a new leader

Protesters retreat as Sri Lankan president sends resignation

Jul 15, 2022

Protesters retreated from government buildings Thursday in Sri Lanka, restoring a tenuous calm to the economically crippled country

Sri Lankan President lands at Maldives Int'l airport

Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa landed at the Velana International Airport in the Maldives

Sri Lanka’s political chaos persists as crisis talks go on

Jul 12, 2022

A weekend of political chaos in Sri Lanka stretched into Monday, with opposition leaders yet to agree on replacements for embattled President

Sri Lanka’s political vacuum continues amid economic crisis

Jul 11, 2022

Sri Lanka is in a political vacuum for a second day Monday with opposition leaders yet to agree on who should replace its roundly rejected leaders

President and PM: 2 men at heart of Sri Lankan crisis

Jul 11, 2022

As Sri Lanka’s crisis peaked this weekend, two men in the centre of the turmoil brought about by the country’s economic collapse promised they would heed the call of tens of thousands of angry protesters and resign

Sri Lankan president to resign as previously announced

Jul 11, 2022

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he will continue with his resignation on July 13

Sri Lanka opposition hopes to install new gov’t amid turmoil

Jul 10, 2022

Sri Lanka’s opposition political parties will meet Sunday to agree on a new government a day after the country’s president and prime minister offered to resign