Ranil Wickremesinghe has resigned as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

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

As the island nation struggles with social unrest and a crippling economic crisis, Sri Lanka's acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe issued an Extraordinary Gazette declaring a State of Emergency in the country with effect from Monday.

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

ਸ਼੍ਰੀਲੰਕਾ ਦੀ ਸੰਸਦ ਨੇ ਬੁੱਧਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਅੰਤਰਿਮ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਰਾਨਿਲ ਵਿਕਰਮਸਿੰਘੇ ਨੂੰ ਸੰਕਟਗ੍ਰਸਤ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦਾ ਅਗਲਾ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਚੁਣਿਆ ਹੈ।

Ranil Wickremesinghe on Thursday took oath as the President of Sri Lanka at the parliament complex after his victory in a parliament vote to elect a new premier for the South Asian country.

ਰਾਨਿਲ ਵਿਕਰਮਸਿੰਘੇ ਨੇ ਸ਼੍ਰੀਲੰਕਾ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਵਜੋਂ ਸਹੁੰ ਚੁੱਕੀ।