Dullas Alahapperuma

Sri Lanka parliament to replace ousted president in crucial vote

The 225-seat parliament will vote to choose new leader, who will have to address country's economic and political collapse amid protests, with Ranil Wickremesinghe seen as frontrunner.

Sri Lankan opposition withdraws from presidential race last-minute

Three candidates have been nominated to replace former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled the country and resigned last week over the island's worsening economic crisis.

Sri Lanka's ousted leader Rajapaksa defends crisis efforts

In his resignation letter to parliament, Gotabaya Rajapaksa says he did his "utmost" to avoid an economic catastrophe in Sri Lanka, but the coronavirus pandemic derailed his efforts.