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    Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore

    Rajapaksa departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airlines flight SV 788 to Singapore, they said.

    Sri Lankas President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore
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    Gotabaya Rajapaksa

    COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left the Maldives for Singapore after fleeing his country amid an economic crisis, sources said.

    ये भी प�ें- The fall of the house of Rajapaksas

    Rajapaksa departed from the Maldives on Saudi Airlines flight SV 788 to Singapore, they said.

    Rajapaksa, the 73-year-old leader who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country, escalating the political crisis and triggering a fresh wave of protests.

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