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Sri Lankan president confirms resignation – By Uditha Jayasinghe Source: canberratimes.com.au Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe he will resign, the prime minister’s office says, after tens of thousands of protesters stormed the official residences of both men. After Saturday’s sweeping protests in the wake of a debilitating economic crisis, the speaker of parliament said Rajapaksa would resign on Wednesday. However, there has been no direct word from Rajapaksa on his plans. Wickremesinghe has said he would also step down to allow an all-party interim government to take over. Leaders of the protest movement have said crowds would keep occupying the residences of the president and prime minister in Colombo until they finally quit office. Colombo, Sri Lanka’s largest city, was calm on Monday as hundreds of people strolled into the president’s secretariat and residence and toured the colonial-era buildings. Police made no attempt to stop ...