Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday sent his resignation letter by email from Singapore, the Parliamentary Speaker’s office said, deferring an official announcement to Friday in order to verify the “authenticity and legality” of the document. Here is a timeline of events until July 13 Here are the latest updates 11:00 p.m. President’s resignation to be announced at 7:30 …
WATCH | Protesters Break Into PM Ranil Wickremesinghe's Residence and Set it on Fire #WATCH | Sri Lanka: Amid massive unrest in the country, protestors set ablaze the private residence of Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickremesinghe#SriLankaCrisis pic.twitter.com/BDkyScWpui — ANI July 9, 2022 WATCH | Police Assault Protesters, Mediapersons Outside Ranil Wickremesinghe's Residence?. PM Ranil Wickremesinghe Decides to Quit to Make …
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign on July 13, the country’s Parliamentary Speaker said on Saturday night, hours after protesters stormed the Presidential Secretariat, official and private homes of Mr. Gotabaya and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, in a show of striking public fury over the country’s worsening economic crisis. Following an urgent party leaders’ meeting convened by the Parliamentary …
A group of protesters in Sri Lanka demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapksa for the mismanagement of the economy blocked all entrances of the presidential secretariat here, forcing the police on Monday to arrest 21 people, including a Buddhist monk and four women. Sri Lanka is awaiting official confirmation from India on a new credit line that would allow …
