Sri Lanka’s extremist Buddhist hate group the Bodu Bala Sena announced that it would disband in the wake of Gotabaya Rajapaksa becoming Sri Lanka’s new president, claiming that a “good leader” has come to power.

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) leader R Sampanthan defended war-crimes accused Gotabaya Rajapaksa's landslide among Sinhalese voters, a day after the Rajapaksa camp essentially declared the TNA as obsolete.

Sri Lanka’s Foreign Affairs Ministry has reappointed Ravainatha Aryasinha as Foreign Secretary today.

Aryasinha was appointed by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who has been accused of overseeing war crimes, torture and running “white van” squads who would abduct dissenting journalists.

Clearance of the Tharavai thuyilum illam in Batticaloa took place on Tuesday in preparation for Maaveerar Naal.

The Sunday Times reports that Sri Lanka's prime minister, Ranil Wickremesinghe, is set to resign from his post tomorrow. 

Gotabaya Rajapaksa officially assumed the duties as the seventh executive President of Sri Lanka today.

British parliamentary candidates express their concern over the recent election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as president of Sri Lanka.

The election of Gotabaya Rajapaksa as Sri Lanka’s new president only adds to the suffering of Tamil families searching for their loved ones, writes Aaron Fernandes for SBS News. 

US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo highlighted Sri Lanka’s commitments to “security sector reform, accountability, respect for human rights, and non-recurrence of violence” in a statement marking Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s assumption as president of Sri Lanka.

“The United States congratulates the people of Sri Lanka on their democratic election and stands ready to work with Gotabaya Rajapaksa as the new President of Sri Lanka,” said Pompeo in a statement today.

The Vavuniya Agricultural College held a remembrance ceremony to remember a group of Tamil students who were killed by the Sri Lankan army in 2006, when current president Gotabaya Rajapaksa served as Sri Lanka’s secretary of defence.

A group of unidentified Sinhalese men attacked Tamils in Kegalle earlier today, as violence broke out in the aftermath of Sri Lanka’s presidential election this weekend.

Political parties in Tamil Nadu have reacted to Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s victory in the Sri Lankan presidential elections, with many commenting on their fears for the future of the Eelam Tamil people.

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In the wake of Sri Lanka’s presidential elections this weekend, fear has gripped the North-East. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the man who engineered the massacres of tens of thousands of Tamils a decade ago, is back in power. This time, he occupies the highest office in the land. The result, though unsurprising, is terrifying.