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BREAKING: Sri Lanka's president to step down on July 13, says Official

Abeywardena in a letter to Rajapaksa, whose whereabouts are still not known, informed him about the outcome of the party leaders' meeting he had convened this evening after which Wickremesinghe offered to resign and form an all-party government

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Farmers try to break a police barricade during an anti-government protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka`s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Pic/AFP

Farmers try to break a police barricade during an anti-government protest demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka`s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Pic/AFP

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his official residence Saturday to escape an angry mob of protesters, has agreed to step down next week, parliamentary speaker Mahinda Abeywardana said.

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