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The Latest Breaking News from Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Explainer: How Sri Lanka spiralled into crisis

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

Reuters

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

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after president flees country

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

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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

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

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.

Reuters

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

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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.

WEKU

Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives ahead of expected resignation

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled president flew out of his country to the Maldives early Wednesday, in a likely prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests against his island nation's worst-ever economic crisis.

AFP

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.

Reuters

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.

France 24

Sri Lanka president flees his country on a military aircraft

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled president flew out of his country early Wednesday, in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation's worst-ever economic crisis.

AFP

Sri Lankan president flies out of country: officials

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew out of the country early Wednesday heading to the neighbouring Maldives, local officials said.

AFP

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

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TUI cancels more holidays to Sri Lanka amid turmoil in country

The holiday company says it will be contacting all impacted customers

Bangkok Post

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

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

First Thing: Role of far-right groups to be examined by January 6 panel

The Capitol attack committee will focus on extremists such as Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Plus, inside the ‘school’ for men caught paying for sex

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Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka protesters reject all-party gov’t, want Rajapaksas out

Protesters reject an all-party government, saying it will be a way for the powerful clan to remain in power.

Dynamite News

Lanka 'Kand': Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa signs resignation letter

The Speaker of Parliament may publicly announce it to the nation on Wednesday. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country

Rajapaksa, 73, and his wife boarded a special air force flight bound for the Maldives, local officials have said

France 24

‘Open to the public’: Sri Lankans create protest zones in occupied government buildings

On July 9, 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans, exasperated by the country's economic crisis, stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other places linked to power. The situation is still uncertain in the country, but the movement is ongoing: in the capital, Colombo, protesters have turned several of these…

AFP

Sri Lanka president seeks seaborne escape after airport standoff

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president headed to a naval base Tuesday with a view to fleeing his island by ship following a humiliating standoff at the airport, official sources said.

Dynamite News

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa tries to flee Sri Lanka, stopped from boarding flight to Dubai

Sri Lanka's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka president’s brother stopped from flying out amid crisis

Officials say they prevented Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country as anger rises against the powerful family.

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