Sri Lankan Protesters Vow to Occupy President’s Residence Until He Leaves Office

Sri Lankan president's resgination to be announced at 7:30 a.m. local time- speaker's office

COLOMBO - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation will be announced officially at 7:30 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) on Friday, the speaker's office said late on Thursday. Rajapaksa, who fled the country on Wednesday, submitted his resignation to the parliamentary speaker late on Thursday. (Reporting by Shilpa Jamkhandikar; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

Protesters in Sri Lanka fall back as president resigns

By Krutika Pathi and Krishan Francis | Associated PressCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Protesters retreated from government buildings Thursday in Sri Lanka, restoring a tenuous calm to the economically crippled country, and the embattled president at last emailed the resignation that demonstrators have sought for months.President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled a day earlier under pressure from protesters enraged by the island nation’s economic collapse. He emaile…

Sri Lankan president’s resgination to be announced at 7:30 a.m. local time- speaker’s office

COLOMBO -- Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation will be announced officially at 7:30 a.m. local time (0200 GMT) on Friday, the speaker's office said late on Thursday. Read More

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Sri Lanka president flees to Maldives amid mass protests

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa left the country in a military plane early Wednesday and landed in the Maldives amid ongoing protests in island nation, the country's air force reported.