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FirstFT: Sri Lanka’s president flees to the Maldives

FirstFT: Sri Lanka’s president flees to the Maldives

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President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has fled Sri Lanka on a military aircraft for the Maldives, according to the country’s air force, leaving behind a deepening economic and political crisis in the island nation on the day he was expected to resign in…

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