Sri Lanka to hold election upon president’s resignation before March 2023
 1044 Monday, 11 July, 2022, 11:12 A presidential and parliamentary election will be held in Sri Lanka, where incumbent president Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to step down, before March 2023, The Daily Mirror reported on Monday, citing high-ranking government officials. "Rajapaksa will end his president on Wednesday after handing in his resignation to the parliament speaker [Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena]. A decision has been taken to hold a presidential and parliamentary election before March next year," the daily writes. Earlier, Rajapaksa officially confirmed his willingness to resign to the country’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe. Following a nationwide protest on Saturday that left more than 100 people injured with the president’s residence occupied, Rajapaksa said he would end his presidency on July 13. His whereabouts is still unknown. |
Musk announces creation of "America" political party
445Yesterday, 00:28
Khamenei makes first public appearance after more than 20 days of absence
639Yesterday, 00:05
174 flights cancelled at Sheremetyevo airport
69305.07.2025, 23:52
RGC announces arrest of 50 Israeli spies in southeastern Iran
66905.07.2025, 23:28
#Ynet: "Israel to send delegation to Qatar to negotiate deal with Hamas"
42605.07.2025, 22:40
"Russia produces more weapons in 3 months than NATO countries produce in 1 year" - Rutte
64605.07.2025, 22:05
"Russia is increasing its military presence in Armenia" - Ukrainian intelligence
71105.07.2025, 21:16
"The territory of the Republic of Armenia cannot be used by third states to carry out military operations against any of the neighboring states" - Foreign Ministry of RA
35705.07.2025, 20:54