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Sri Lankan president resigns, PM interim president

Colombo, Sri Lanka | Xinhua | Sri Lanka’s Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena on Friday announced the official resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will be sworn in as an interim president. In a media briefing, Speaker Abeywardena said he has received the resignation letter of the president, …

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Sri Lanka’s new president to be elected on July 20: speaker

Colombo, Sri Lanka | Xinhua | Sri Lanka’s speaker of parliament on Monday said political party leaders have decided to elect a new president on July 20 through a vote in parliament. In a statement, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said that following a meeting with all political party leaders, it was …

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Sri Lanka records 40-pct turnout in parliamentary polls by noon

Kampala, Uganda | XINHUA |  An estimated 40 percent voter turnout was recorded in Sri Lanka’s parliamentary elections by noon on Wednesday after voting began at 7 a.m. local time, the government information department said. In several districts a little over 40 percent voter turnout was recorded with the highest …

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