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Try, try, and fly away: How Gotabaya Rajapaksa escaped from Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa managed to flee Sri Lanka in the early hours of July 13 and soon the government announced the imposition of an emergency in the island nation

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People stand holding a national flag at the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's office on the second day after it was stormed in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Photo: AP/PTI)

BS Web Team New Delhi

4 min read Last Updated : Jul 13 2022 | 1:05 PM IST

On July 13, Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was expected to resign. But, Lankan citizens woke up to the news that their president fled the nation in the wee hours of Wednesday in a military aircraft and landed in the Maldives. Soon after the news was announced, the government declared an emergency.

Amid an economic crisis that triggered severe shortages of food and

Topics : srilanka emergency sri lanka Economic Crisis rajapaksa Food deflation Economy slump Global Hunger Index

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