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RAJAPAKSA RESIGN
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka's acting president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa resignsRajapaksa, who fled to the Maldives on Wednesday and then landed in Singapore on Thursday, has formally resigned, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abey...- President Rajapaksa sent resignation letter to Parliament Speaker through email: ReportsSri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday sent his resignation letter through an email to Parliament Speaker Mahinda Y...
- Sri Lanka reimposes curfew in Western Province, no signs of Rajapaksa's resignationSri Lankan authorities on Thursday reimposed curfew in the Western Province as confusion sparked over President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resign...
- The Lanka Crisis: What happens next, what does it mean for the Rajapaksa clan?If Rajapaksa resigns as promised, constitutional provisions will get activated to elect his successor. Two persons will come under immediat...
- Maldivian Parliament Speaker Nasheed negotiated President Rajapaksa's escape from Sri Lanka: SourcesRajapaksa is likely to send his resignation letter only after reaching his final destination in Maldives. Sri Lanka's The Morning news port...
- Sri Lankan parties agree to form all-party interim government after President Rajapaksa's resignationThe meeting of the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and its constituent parties will be attended by leader of the Opposition Sa...
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign on July 13, says Parliament SpeakerPresident Rajapaksa informed the Speaker about this decision to quit after Abeywardena wrote to him seeking his resignation following the a...
- Sri Lanka president's brother, Basil Rajapaksa, resigns from parliamentPresident Gotabaya Rajapaksa's elder brother, Mahinda Rajapaksa, resigned as prime minister last month after prolonged protests against the...
- Sri Lanka on the boil, demand for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation intensifies as protest enters 50th daySri Lanka's economic crisis has created political unrest with a protest occupying the entrance to the president's office demanding his resi...
- Protest seeking resignation of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa enters 50th day; organisers to intensify agitationSri Lanka is near bankruptcy and has severe shortages of essentials from food, fuel, medicines and cooking gas to toilet paper and matchsti...
- Lankan Parliament defeats no-trust motion against President Gotabaya RajapaksaWith the motion, the Opposition sought to demonstrate how nationwide calls for President Rajapaksa's resignation is reflected in the countr...
- Sri Lanka's new PM extends support to protesters demanding President Rajapaksa's resignationWickremesinghe, the 73-year-old United National Party (UNP) leader, was appointed as Sri Lanka's 26th prime minister on Thursday as the cou...
- Sri Lanka crisis: Fleeing ex-PM Mahinda Rajapaksa, family take refuge at naval baseRajapaksa, his wife Shiranthi, and their youngest son Rohitha and his family, left the Prime Minister's official residence, Temple Trees, e...
- Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resignsThe violence occurred as pressure mounted on the embattled government led by his younger brother and President Gotabaya to form an interim ...
- Lanka crisis: Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa may offer resignation todayThousands of demonstrators have hit the streets across Sri Lanka since April 9, as the government ran out of money for vital imports; price...
- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya asks parties to show majority for interim govt proposalIn the recent weeks, the powerful Buddhist clergy, civil society and trade chambers have demanded the formation of an interim government to...
- In a blow to Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa govt, 3 MPs withdraw supportSri Lanka is grappling with unprecedented economic turmoil since its independence from Britain in 1948. The crisis is caused in part by a l...
- Massive protest in Sri Lanka mounts pressure on President Rajapaksa to quitSri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the UK in 1948.
- Sri Lanka hikes interest rates to tackle inflation amid economic crisisThe move comes as Sri Lanka's main Opposition party SJB on Friday announced that it will move a no-confidence motion against the government...
- Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lanka's PM, Wickremesinghe to be reinstatedPro-Rajapaksa lawmaker, Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena, had told reporters that Rajapaksa decided in a meeting on Friday with President Sirisena...
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