A bungalow was allocated to Gotabaya Rajapaksa at Stanmore Crescent, Colombo 05. The land extended over one acre and four perches, with a land value of Rs. 2,542 million and a building value of Rs. 56 ...

The Rajapaksa dynasty, for example, had dominated Sri Lankan politics for well over two decades before mass protests over a severe economic crisis unseated the country’s leader, Gotabaya ...

Massive protests toppled the China-friendly president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who promptly fled to the Maldives. Things are no longer so terrible.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s fall from grace had seemed to end a powerful dynasty, but his arrival in the country’s capital, Colombo, shows how deeply entrenched his family is.

After a stint as acting President following Gotabaya Rajapaksa sent in his resignation from Singapore, Parliament was electing a successor. Wickremesinghe, who was a contestant was talking to those ...

On July 13, 2022, many streets in Colombo – Sri Lanka’s capital – erupted into celebration after weeks of peaceful protests forced then-President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to flee the country.

Basil Rajapaksa, a former finance minister and Gotabaya’s brother, is already said to be plotting a political comeback for the family. Indeed, Mr Wickremesinghe may be getting ahead of himself.

Singapore has insisted that it has not provided any privileges or immunity to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the former president of Sri Lanka who fled the cash-strapped nation amid anti-government protests ...

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

Detractors argued he lacks any mandate. In May, Rajapaksa turned to Wickremesinghe to replace his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa as prime minister after Mahinda was forced to quit.

Anbarasan Ethirajan, BBC News, Colombo What a fall from grace for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - for so long such a major figure in Sri Lanka. Few expected that matters would ultimately go this way.