Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka ex-leader claims ousted over China investments

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (top) and his brother, former Prime Minister Mahinda, were among several government officials whose conduct contributed to the country’s worst economic crisis in decades.

Sri Lanka's top court says ex-president among those who contributed to economic crisis

Rajapaksa's return is a signal that President Ranil Wickremesinghe is confident of maintaining order after cracking down on the protest movement

Ex-President Rajapaksa set to return to Sri Lanka ‘early on Saturday’

Sri Lanka’s former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will return to the island nation next week after fleeing in July amid mass protests, local broadcaster Newsfirst reported on Wednesday(Aug 17), citing a former ambassador.

Rajapaksa will return next week, says local media

People line up to visit the presidential secretariat in Colombo on July 11, 2022, after it was overrun by anti-government protestors.

Sri Lanka collapsed first, but it won’t be the last

Rajapaksa arrived at Bangkok’s Don Muang airport on a chartered flight from Singapore on Thursday (Aug 11).

Sri Lanka's ousted president arrives in Thailand for temporary stay

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has requested entry into Thailand for a temporary stay in a second South-east Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, the Thai foreign ministry said on Wednesday(Aug 10).

Sri Lanka's ousted president seeking entry to Thailand after weeks in Singapore

Singapore has permitted former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in the country for an additional 14 days, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday (Jul 27).

Singapore extends stay of Sri Lanka's former president

Former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to return home from Singapore where he has been staying for nearly two weeks after fleeing violent protests in the South Asian country where citizens called for his ouster. 

Sri Lanka’s Gotabaya likely to return after fleeing protests

The International Truth and Justice Project says Rajapaksa committed grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions during the civil war in 2009 when he was country’s defence chief.

Rights group seeks arrest of former Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa in Singapore