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The Latest Breaking News from Gotabaya Rajapaksa

EXPLAINER: What's happened and what's next in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s president, who had announced he would resign Wednesday, has fled the country after months of turmoil culminated in protesters converging on the presidential palace

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

President Flees Sri Lanka amid Crisis as Ire Turns toward PM

Sri Lanka's president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos that has triggered severe shortages of food and fuel. But the crisis that has gripped the island nation for months was far from over:…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 13, 2022

Gotabaya would ‘only transit’ the country, says Maldives; India denies role

Sri Lankan Air Force confirmed that Gotabaya Rajapaksa boarded an Air Force flight to the Maldives, days after enraged protesters overran his office and residence in a protest sparked by a devastating economic crisis.

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022

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Sri Lanka: PM orders military to do ‘whatever it takes’ to maintain order

State of emergency declared as protesters reject premier Ranil Wickremesinghe acting as president and demand he and Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign

The Guardian - UK · Jul 13, 2022

India denies 'baseless and speculative' media reports about facilitating Sri Lankan President Gotabaya's visit to the Maldives

The 73-year-old Sri Lankan President reportedly fled the country along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet on Wednesday.

The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka latest updates: PM asks speaker to choose new leader

Ranil Wickremesinghe says new PM should be ‘acceptable to both the government and opposition’.

Al Jazeera · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country on Wednesday, a government official said, just days after protesters stormed the president's official residence as the island country grapples with its worst economic crisis since independence.

Bangkok Post · Jul 13, 2022

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The Hindu · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka parliamentary speaker yet to get President Rajapaksa's resignation letter - sources

Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker had yet to receive President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation letter though he has fled the country, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Explainer: How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis

Sri Lanka's economic crisis looks to have finally toppled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Civil war victor brought down by protests

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war and went on to become president, had been due to step down on Wednesday to appease a population angry over several tumultuous months of economic and political crisis.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after president flees country

It follows months of protests over Sri Lanka's economic crisis.

Axios · Jul 13, 2022

Sri Lanka president flees country amid political, economic crisis

Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his wife flew to the Maldives on a military plane early on Wednesday morning.

Al Jazeera · Jul 13, 2022

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 out of control. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country early on Wednesday, leaving no one from the once- illustrious family in a position of power.

Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

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Reuters · Jul 13, 2022

Timeline: How Sri Lankan protests unfolded

A deep financial crisis has left Sri Lanka struggling to pay for imports of food, medicine and fuel and brought thousands of protesters on to the streets.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

A brief history of the rise, fall of Sri Lanka's president

Before he fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday, President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the last of six members of the country’s most influential family still clinging to power

WEKU · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka's president flees the country

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had already agreed to resign. Protesters had stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis.

Reuters · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lankan president flees to Maldives, protesters storm prime minister's office

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, driven out after an economic collapse unleashed a popular uprising that appeared to end his family's near two-decade dominance of the country.

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France 24 · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency hours after president flees for Maldives

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed acting president after the crisis-hit country declared a nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday following President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's flight from the country.

The Times of India · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lankan President flees the country amid economic crisis

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled the country on an Air Force plane, days after protesters stormed his home and office and the official residence of his prime minister amid a three-month economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and fuel.

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

The Guardian view on Sri Lanka: good riddance to the Rajapaksas

Editorial: Mass protests forced the president to announce he will resign. But the years of his family’s corruption and incompetence have taken their toll

Manchester Evening News · Jul 12, 2022

TUI cancels more holidays to Sri Lanka amid turmoil in country

The holiday company says it will be contacting all impacted customers

Bangkok Post · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka misses a leader as bailout slips further away

Investors are shifting their focus to Sri Lanka’s bilateral creditors as the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dim prospects for rapid aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

Sri Lanka’s leaders have agreed that lawmakers will elect a new president next week but are struggling to decide on the makeup of a new government to lead the bankrupt country out of a economic and political collapse

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

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