Mahinda Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka passes constitutional amendment aimed at trimming presidential powers

October 21, 2022

Sri Lanka passes constitutional amendment aimed at trimming presidential powers

Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is accused of implementing multiple failed policies including tax cuts.

September 03, 2022
Former Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country, returns

He was driven to a state bungalow in a heavily-guarded motorcade on Friday.
July 13, 2022
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign today

Speaker Abeywardena said President Rajapaksa has telephoned him to confirm that he would be sending his resignation today as pledged.
July 13, 2022
India denies media reports about facilitating Lankan President Gotabaya's Maldives visit

The 73-year-old Sri Lankan President fled the country along with his wife and two security officers on a military jet on Wednesday.
July 12, 2022
Sri Lanka president's brother stopped from flying out as anger surges

The Immigration and Emigration Officers Association said its members declined to serve Basil Rajapaksa at the VIP departure lounge of the Colombo airport.
July 11, 2022
President Rajapaksa still in Sri Lanka, Speaker Abeywardena clarifies

Rajapaksa, 73, is yet to resign formally and his whereabouts are also not yet known.
July 10, 2022
Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe offers to resign

Amid the ongoing protests in Sri Lanka over its worst-ever economic crisis, the PM has decided to step down to facilitate an all-party government.

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