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Sri Lanka's Supreme Court summons Gotabaya Rajapaksa over presidential pardon to soldier who killed 8 Tamils

May 17, 2024 9:40 pm

The move comes exactly five months after the apex court in a landmark ruling overturned a presidential pardon granted by Rajapaksa.

Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for US citizenship restoration, says report

January 03, 2023 10:28 am

Rajapaksa, 73, had made the appeal for the restoration of his US Citizenship after he failed to seek asylum in any country upon fleeing Sri Lanka during the anti-government protests in 2022, the report said.

Sri Lanka's ousted president Rajapaksa returns to social media to laud victorious cricket team

September 12, 2022 9:21 pm

The massive anti-government protests led to the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa as the prime minister in May and then his younger brother Gotbaya Rajapaksa was forced to flee the country in July.

Sri Lanka's ex-prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns home, gets special security, bungalow from govt

September 03, 2022 3:05 pm

The former president met with a group of ruling party members and lawmakers at the airport early on Saturday before being whisked to the residence allocated by the government.

Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns home after fleeing

January 02, 2023 7:08 pm

The situation in the bankrupt country was made worse by global factors like the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but many hold the once-powerful Rajapaksa family as responsible for severely mismanaging the economy and tipping it into crisis.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa applies for Green Card to settle in US: Report

August 19, 2022 6:59 am

In 2019, Gotabaya Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship to contest the 2019 presidential polls.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka on August 24, says his cousin

August 17, 2022 8:18 pm

The Sri Lankan government had directly appealed on behalf of the ousted President and sought permission to allow him to seek temporary shelter in Thailand.

Showdown at the Mansion Gates: How Sri Lankans Rose Up to Dethrone a Dynasty

August 14, 2022 9:45 am

Three years after winning election handsomely and just two years after his family’s party had secured a whopping two-thirds majority in Parliament, Gotabaya Rajapaksa had become deeply resented.

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Lanka defers arrival of China ship, go-ahead given hours before Gota fled

August 07, 2022 7:09 am

Clearances for the Yuan Wang-class vessel to berth at Hambantota port were given by the Foreign Ministry on July 12, a day before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was driven out of office by a people’s movement, was expected to resign as he had announced.

Singapore extends stay of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa

July 27, 2022 10:55 am

Rajapaksa is now able to stay in Singapore until August 11.

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Sri Lanka crisis deepens, protesters storm President's house

July 09, 2022 6:51 pm

Thousands of protestors in Sri Lanka broke into President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's residence in Colombo on Saturday.

Defying curfew, Sri Lankans out on streets, demand President's resignation

April 03, 2022 9:41 pm

Opposition lawmakers and people angered by the government's handling of Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis on Sunday marched to denounce the president's move to impose a nationwide curfew and state of emergency, as protests over food and fuel shortages swelled.

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Sri Lanka celebrates Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential election win

November 18, 2019 10:59 am

Gotabaya’s win marks the return to the helm of the powerful Rajapaksa family — known for its pro-China tilt — amid turmoil in the country following the Easter Sunday terror attacks that killed 269 people.

Seven months after Easter Sunday bombings, Sri Lanka elects a new president

November 17, 2019 8:45 am

Sri Lanka Presidential Elections 2019: The elections come seven months after the deadly Easter Sunday bombings left more than 250 people dead in the country.