Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives in the wee hours on Wednesday (July 13), is now expected to head to Singapore with his family.

The Bar Association of Sri Lanka (BASL) says it is deeply disturbed at the occupation of the Prime Minister’s Office at Flower Road by protesting crowds and called upon them to return the said premises to the authorities immediately.

Sri Lanka Police have fired tear gas to disperse a group of protesters at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla, near the entry road to the Parliament of Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka’s Chief of the Defence Staff General Shavendra Silva today (July 13) said that Sri Lanka Police and the Three-Armed Forces have acted per the constitution of the country.

Maldivians and Sri Lankan expatriates are protesting near Maldives President Ibrahim Solih’s house urging the authorities to send ousted Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa out from their country’s soil.

Former Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena says that the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and the Acting President Ranil Wickremesinghe have no mandate at all and resigning from their positions is the most appropriate thing at this time.

The National People’s Power (NPP) has been holding a protest near the Parliament of Sri Lanka since this morning (July 13).

Sri Lankan protesters have taken over the Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s Office at Flower Road, Colombo, a short while ago.

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena that he would step down as mentioned earlier, and would ensure that the letter of resignation is officially sent to the Speaker today (July 13).

All efforts by the leaders in power to suppress protesters must be thwarted, Leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) Anura Kumara Dissanayake said.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the Acting President of Sri Lanka in accordance with the Article 37.1 of the Constitution, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardhane said today (July 13).

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, as the acting President has ordered the imposition of Curfew in the Western Province and Emergency Law declared island-wide with immediate effect.

Sri Lanka Police used tear gas to disperse a group of protesters protesting near the Sri Lankan Prime Minister’s office in Flower Road Colombo a short while ago.

The Sri Lanka Air Force confirmed that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, his wife and two security officers left for the Maldives today (July 13) using an aircraft belonging to the Sri Lanka Air Force.

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flew out of his country early Wednesday (July 13), in a probable prelude to his resignation after months of widespread protests over the island nation’s worst-ever economic crisis.

Several attempts by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and 15 of his close family and aides to leave Sri Lanka have failed due to procedural issues, top aviation sources have confirmed with SBS Sinhala.