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Court says Sri Lankan ex-leaders can be prosecuted
Published on 07/10/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the rights group that filed the case against him.
Sri Lanka's deposed ex-leader returns from exile in Thailand
Published on 03/09/2022
» COLOMBO: Ousted Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has returned home to a state-provided official residence and taxpayer-funded security after fleeing the country in July, two senior officials said on Saturday.
Ex-president Rajapaksa set to return to Sri Lanka
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/09/2022
» Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is set to return to the island nation as early as Friday after he fled a surge in anti-government protests in July, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
Ousted leader to leave next week
News, Post Reporters, Published on 19/08/2022
» Ex-Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will reportedly leave Thailand to return to the island nation next week.
Rajapaksa urged not to leave city hotel
News, Wassana Nanuam, Published on 13/08/2022
» Ousted former Sri Lankan president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is staying at a hotel in the heart of Bangkok and police are advising him not to leave for security reasons, a source said yesterday.
Ex-Sri Lankan president staying in inner Bangkok
Wassana Nanuam, Published on 12/08/2022
» Ousted former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is staying at a hotel in the heart of Bangkok, where police are advising him not to leave for security reasons, a source said on Friday.
More cunning than the 'old fox': Sri Lanka's presumptive president
AFP, Published on 19/07/2022
» COLOMBO: Acting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe is favourite to take the country's reins long term on Wednesday, as parliament votes to appoint a full successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
Sri Lankan stock market closing for a week
Published on 16/04/2022
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will suspend share trading for all of next week to avoid a possible stock market collapse, as its economic crisis deepens and protests against the government spread.
Sri Lankan crisis over as Rajapaksa bows out
Published on 15/12/2018
» COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s political crisis appeared to be over on Saturday as strongman Mahinda Rajapaksa bowed out of a power battle that had crippled the country for seven weeks and sent it heading for a possible debt default.
'Democracy' at odds with people's concerns in Sri Lanka
Asia focus, Published on 12/11/2018
» After Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena announced the shock decision on Oct 26 to appoint his longtime political foe Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister, Western diplomats and the international media expressed outrage at what they perceived as "lack of respect for democratic institutions".