Sri Lanka Parliament to elect new president in 7 days: Speaker

Colombo, 15/7:The resignation of Sri Lanka’s president has been accepted, the crisis-hit country’s parliamentary speaker announced Friday, after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country earlier this week and notified him from Singapore that he was stepping down.     “Gotabaya has legally resigned” with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters.   “I have accepted…

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa resigns as Sri Lankan President

Colombo, 14/7: Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has submitted a letter of resignation, two government sources said on Friday, after he fled to Singapore following mass protests over his country’s economic meltdown.     Rajapaksa emailed a letter of resignation to the speaker of the country’s parliament late on Thursday, two sources said.   It…

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ED arrests ex-NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in PMLA case

Mumbai, 14/7: The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested former NSE MD Chitra Ramkrishna in a money laundering case connected with alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping of stock exchange employees after getting the nod from a Delhi court to probe the matter.     Special Judge Sunaina Sharma allowed four-day custodial interrogation of Ramkrishna.  …

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Rohit Sharma to lead India’s squad for T20I against West Indies, Virat Kohli rested

New Delhi, 14/7:Rohit Sharma will lead India’s team for T20I series against West Indies, the BCCI announced on Thursday. Virat Kohli and Jasprit Bumrah rested from five-match T20 series against West Indies   The squad includes Rohit Sharma (C), I Kishan, K L Rahul*, Suryakumar Yadav, D Hooda, S Iyer, D Karthik, R Pant, H…

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