Sri Lanka Crisis LIVE News:
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has announced his resignation amidst violent protests in Sri Lanka.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will resign from his post on 13 July. Fireworks burst in the capital Colombo and elsewhere.
It is not known where Rajapaksa is. Earlier, on Saturday, the public had occupied Rajapaksa's official residence.
The country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned on Saturday. Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic crisis.
The country's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned on Saturday. Sri Lanka is facing a severe economic crisis.
There is such a shortage of petrol and diesel that the transport service in the country has been completely stopped for two weeks.
There is an outcry in Sri Lanka. The common people there have to stand in long lines for fuel and food.
On Saturday, people surrounded the presidential residence in anger. President Gotabaya was forced to leave his residence and run away.
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