Gotabaya appointed Mahinda Rajapaksa shortly after. ‘Fall from grace’ Still, as had happened to his brother, cracks began to emerge in Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s presidency as questions over his ...

Gotabaya’s entire Cabinet — which included Basil, the finance minister; the elder brother, Chamal; and Mahinda’s son — resigned, giving Gotabaya a chance to form a new government.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s chief competitor, Mr. Premadasa, 52, whose father was killed during the war by a Tamil Tiger rebel, did well with minority Muslims and Tamils in conflict-torn northern and ...

Sri Lanka's Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who oversaw a ruthless crushing of Tamil Tiger guerrillas to end a long-running civil war and went on to become president, had been due to step down on Wednesday to ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s exit brings a dramatic end to the clan’s rule for more than 20 years, leaving a country in deep political and economic crises. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, a 73-year-old ...

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa said he will step down on July 13, according to a video statement released by Parliamentary Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, according to adaderana.lk, a Sri Lankan ...

I t was an economic crisis that escalated into a dramatic popular uprising. Thousands of Sri Lankans took to the street, storming president Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s palace and looting treasures ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa, left, and his brother Gotabaya Rajapaksa waving to supporters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, in 2019. (Eranga Jayawardena/AP) Meenakshi Ganguly is South Asia director at Human Rights ...