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Prez Rajapaksa sends resignation letter to Speaker through email from Singapore; formal announcement on Friday

Colombo/Singapore, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday emailed his resignation letter to the Speaker, soon after he was allowed by Singapore to enter the city-state on…

Maldivian Parliament Speaker Nasheed says Sri Lankan Prez Rajapaksa resigns

Male, Jul 14 (PTI) In an unusual move, Maldivian Majlis (Parliament) Speaker Mohamed Nasheed on Thursday announced that Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resigned and hoped that the crisis-hit country…

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya leaves for Singapore from Maldives

Male/Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Thursday left the Maldives for Singapore after fleeing his country amidst the worst economic and political crisis faced by the…

Sri Lanka lifts curfew, no signs of Rajapaksa’s resignation

Colombo, Jul 14 (PTI) Sri Lankan authorities on Thursday lifted the curfew, which was imposed in the Western province after the eruption of violence in the capital here, even as…

From Brexit messiah to pariah, Boris Johnson quits as UK PM

London, Jul 7 (PTI) In one of the biggest turnaround of political fortunes in British history, Boris Johnson's term as Prime Minister came to a crashing halt on Thursday in the…

Sri Lanka Prime Minister offers resignation amid worst economic crisis – official

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday offered his resignation amid the island nation's worst economic crisis since independence that has led to widespread protests, a…

Govt reinstates IAS officer Shah Faesal in service 3 years after he resigned and joined politics in J&K

New Delhi, Apr 28 (PTI) The government has accepted IAS officer Shah Faesal's application for withdrawing his resignation and reinstated him in service and his next posting would be announced…

Ousted Pakistani PM Khan’s party resigns from lower house of parliament

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Legislators from ousted Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan's party announced they are resigning en mass from the lower house of parliament on Monday in protest against the…

Sudan’s Hamdok resigns as prime minister

CAIRO (Reuters) - Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Sunday he was resigning, less than two months after being reinstated as part of an political agreement with the military.…

Top U.S. envoy to Afghanistan stepping down

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Top U.S. envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay Khalilzad is stepping down, the State Department said on Monday, less than two months after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and…

Second Dutch minister resigns over Afghan refugee crisis

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch Defence minister Ank Bijleveld on Friday said she would resign over her handling of the evacuation of refugees from Afghanistan last month, following a similar move…

Afghan President Ashraf Ghani expected to abdicate within next few hours

Kabul [Afghanistan], August 15 (ANI): As the Taliban has entered the gates of capital city Kabul, Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani is expected to abdicate within the next few hours, Sputnik…