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Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Lanka's interim prez amid political crisis

Wickremesinghe, 73, was sworn in as the acting president of Sri Lanka before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya, the prime minister's office said in a statement

Sri Lanka: Speaker formally accepts Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation

Crowds set off firecrackers, shouted slogans and danced ecstatically at the Gota Go Gama protest site, named mockingly after Rajapaksa's first name

Sri Lankan Speaker officially announces resignation of President Gotabaya

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned, Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardenaon officially announced on Friday, after a week of dramatic developments

China's investment in Sri Lanka is part of Lankan crisis: Arvind Panagariya

Panagariya said, "Crisis in Sri Lanka happened due to its polices in the last 10 years. Sri Lanka went out on borrowing spree and the foreign debt almost doubled in relation to the size of the economy

SL President emails resignation; Speaker to announce officially on Friday

The Speaker said that he has received the resignation letter from President Rajapaksa and his office was checking the legality of the letter, media reports said

Lankan parties to reach consensus, propose PM's name to Speaker on Friday

Sri Lankan political parties after holding a discussion will reach a consensus and propose a name for the position of Prime Minister to the Speaker of the Parliament, local media reported.

Gotabaya entered on pvt visit, he hasn't asked for asylum: Singapore govt

Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the 73-year-old leader who had promised to resign on Wednesday, appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President hours after he fled the country

Lankan army asks protestors to desist from violence or face consequences

The Sri Lankan Army on Thursday urged the anti-government protesters to desist from violence immediately or be prepared to face the "consequences"

SL: Gotabaya Rajapaksa to stay in Singapore, not travel to Middle East

The Sri Lankan President and his wife, who took Saudia Airlines flight SV788 to Singapore, were expected to travel to Jeddah

Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa heads to Saudi Arabia via Singapore: Report

The leader missed a Wednesday deadline to submit his resignation after he fled the country for the Maldives as months of inflation-fueled protests gained momentum

Sri Lanka: Protesters to hand back iconic govt buildings to authorities

Sri Lanka's anti-government demonstrators on Thursday decided to vacate some of the iconic administrative buildings, including the President's House and the Prime Minister's Office

LIVE: Lankan Prez Gotabaya Rajapaksa headed to Saudi Arabia, says report

Live news upedates: Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa is headed to Saudi Arabia via Singapore

Sri Lanka: Speaker says options to remove Prez from office to be considered

Speaker Abeywardena said that he informed President Rajapaksa to submit his letter of resignation as soon as possible, citing that he too is under pressure

Sri Lanka lifts curfew, no signs of resignation from President Rajapaksa

Sri Lankan authorities lifted the curfew, imposed in the Western province after the eruption of violence in the capital. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has fled to the Maldives, yet to resign

Gotabaya awaits for private jet to depart from Maldives for Singapore

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa who fled to Maldives followed by an uprising triggered due to the economic collapse of the island nation, is now waiting to travel further to Singapore

Zelenskyy hold Russia 'accountable' for ongoing catastrophe in Sri Lanka

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky blamed Russia for causing unrest in Sri Lanka as well as around the world due to the blocking of food products during the invasion of Ukraine

Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after President Rajapaksa flees

From the Maldives, 73-year-old Rajapaksa appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the acting President

Sri Lanka: Wickremesinghe declares nationwide curfew until Thursday morning

Protests against the economic crisis have simmered for months and came to a head last weekend when hundreds of thousands of people took over government buildings in Colombo, blaming the Rajapaksas

Extending export credit in rupee can boost its acceptability: Experts

However, the rupee can truly become internationalised only when it becomes freely convertible on capital account, they say

SL's Acting President asks Speaker to nominate PM who is acceptable to all

In a statement, the Prime Minister's Office said that Prime Minister Wickremesinghe held a meeting with the Members of the Cabinet at his office on Monday.