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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced he will step down after protesters stormed his official residence and set the prime minister's house on fire.



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Sri Lanka in crisis: President flees and ire turns to PM

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe instructed the military and police "to do what is necessary to restore order", he said in a televised statement Wednesday after protesters stormed his office. The demonstrators want to stop him from discharging his responsibilities as acting president, but fascists cannot be allowed to take over, he said. Stay with TOI for more updates.

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Demonstrators take over the president's residence in Colombo, and set the PM's house on fire.

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Wickremesinghe declared a nationwide state of emergency and soon appeared on television to warn that troops had been instructed to do "what is necessary" to return the building to government control

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Even as Gotabaya Rajapaksa is officially yet to resign, Ranil Wickremesinghe uses the “powers as acting President“

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PM Ranil Wickremesinghe declares Emergency in Sri Lanka, curfew imposed in Western Province

Sri Lanka's president, who fled on a military jet after angry protesters seized his home and office, has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas

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Thousands protest against Sri Lanka's new acting president

Sri Lanka's president fled the country without stepping down Wednesday, plunging a country already reeling from economic chaos into more political turmoil. Protesters demanding a change in leadership then trained their ire on the prime minister and stormed his office.

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday amid a popular uprising brought on by an economic collapse, bringing to an apparent end his family's near two-decade dominance of the country.

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Sri Lanka president flees, but protesters vow to resist if PM remains a power broker

NEW DELHI - Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in his role as the acting president, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives on Wednesday, leading to more protests amid an economic crisis. "The prime minister as acting president has declared a state of emergency (countrywide) and imposed a curfew in the western province,"

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Sri Lanka PM declares state of emergency, curfew

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed to be acting president as incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa was overseas, the parliamentary Speaker announced Wednesday as thousands of protesters demanded both men step down.

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Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe Appointed Acting President, Says Speaker

Sri Lanka's president, who fled on a military jet after angry protesters seized his home and office, has appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas.

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