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As Sri Lanka faces a severe economic crisis, India has sent a total of 76,000 tonnes of fuel to Sri Lanka in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall delivery of fuel under Indian assistance to more than 2,70,000 tonnes.

Amid mounting pressure from protesters, Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has officially informed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe that he is resigning from his post

Sri Lanka's embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has flown out of the island nation on Wednesday, a media report said quoting officials

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe Friday has sworn in as the interim President after Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena accepted the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the top three candidates for the Presidential election scheduled to be held in the crisis-marred island

Day after the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who flew to Singapore via the Maldives, Sri Lanka is set to elect a new president on Wednesday amid an unprecedented economic crisis that has led to a shortage of fuel of and other essentials in the country.

Former President of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa is not in hiding and is expected to return to the country from Singapore, said Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena on Tuesday.

As per reported by Sri Lanka media, Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has extended his stay in Singapore for another 14 days