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Sri Lanka parliament speaker accepts Rajapaksa's resignation

The speaker of parliament in crisis-hit Sri Lanka has accepted a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, having verified its authenticity after it was flown from Singapore late on Thursday, he told reporters.

Reuters

Sri Lankans defy curfew to celebrate as President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation becomes official

The speaker of parliament in crisis-hit Sri Lanka officially accepts a resignation letter from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, having verified its authenticity after it was flown from Singapore.

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Sri Lankan crisis

The Hindu

Fleeing, quitting

With Gotabaya quitting, new leadership should heed people’s aspirations in Sri Lanka

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies to Singapore, emails resignation letter

Official announcement on July 15 after verifying authenticity of emailed document

The Hindu

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

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.

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Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa hands in resignation; letter accepted

Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrives in Singapore after fleeing Sri Lanka amid protests over an economic crisis.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka’s president resigns after fleeing in wake of protests

Sri Lankan protesters retreated from government buildings they seized

Evening Standard

Factbox-Three frontrunners in race to become Sri Lanka's next president

A six-time prime minister, the leader of the main opposition party and a journalist-turned-politician from the ruling party are vying to become Sri Lanka's next president, after the incumbent Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country this week.

Reuters

Sri Lanka’s president quits after fleeing protests in crisis-hit country

Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled country on Wednesday after protesters occupied presidential palace

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka speaker to make announcement on president's resignation on Friday

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's original resignation letter has been received by the country's parliamentary speaker, his office said in a statement on Thursday, after it was flown from Singapore, where the leader fled to.

Reuters

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa's resignation letter to be flown in from Singapore -source

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's original resignation letter will be flown into Colombo from Singapore as soon as possible, a source with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Thursday.

Reuters

Daily Dose Ep 1098: New booklet on unparliamentary words, fuel price cut in Maharashtra

Jude Weston brings you the news from New Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, and Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka president reaches Singapore after fleeing protests

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Singapore Thursday after fleeing months of anti-government protests that forced him to pledge to resign.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president Rajapaksa emails resignation letter to parliamentary speaker - source

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country's parliament late on Thursday, a source familiar with the matter said.

Reuters

Singapore allows Sri Lanka president entry on private visit, says no asylum request

Singapore's foreign ministry said on Thursday Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had been allowed to enter the city-state on a private visit.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's parliament will not convene on Friday -speaker's office

Sri Lanka's parliament will not convene on Friday as announced earlier, the speaker's office said on Thursday.

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Reuters

Yellen says it's in China's interest to restructure Sri Lanka's debt

China is a "very important" creditor of Sri Lanka and it would likely be in the interest of both countries if China participated in restructuring Sri Lanka's debt, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said on Thursday.

Dynamite News

Sri Lanka: Protesters hand back iconic Govt buildings to authorities

The protestors occupied President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's presidential palace and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's private house on 9 July. Read more on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Ex-leader Mahinda Rajapaksa will not flee Sri Lanka: Top aide

Man who paved way for Rajapaksa clan’s dominance over Sri Lanka politics has no immediate plans to flee, says top aide.

Dynamite News

Lanka 'Kand': President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flies to Singapore from Maldives

Rajapaksa had left Sri Lanka on Wednesday morning with his wife and two bodyguards, following raging protests in the island nation. Read further on Dynamite News:

Bangkok Post

Plane said to carry Sri Lanka’s president most-tracked in world

A Saudi Arabian Airlines flight from Maldives to Singapore believed to be carrying Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was the world’s most-tracked flight on Thursday, underscoring massive global interest in the troubled island nation’s political affairs.

The Conversation

Sri Lanka's crisis is not just about the economy, but a long history of discrimination against minority groups

Sri Lanka is in the grip of an economic, political and humanitarian crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president heads to Singapore after fleeing Colombo - source

Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was on his way to Singapore on Thursday and was expected to stay there for the time being, a Sri Lankan government source told Reuters, after the president fled to the Maldives from his home country.

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