Foreign media reports that the president of Sri Lanka, Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa, is now staying in the Maldives. Also, a protest is conducted demanding that he not give protection to the President in the Maldives.

The protesters are demanding that Mr Gotabaya Rajapaksa be extradited to Sri Lanka again.

Meanwhile, Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna’s national organizer former minister Basil Rajapaksa has left the country. The BBC reports that he is on his way to America.

However, yesterday he arrived at the Katunayake airport to travel to America, but he turned back due to the opposition.