Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has sent his resignation letter through an email to the Parliament Speaker as protests continue in the island nation.
Sri Lanka is in the grip of a severe economic crisis, which has resulted in a scarcity of basic necessities such as medicines, cooking gas, fuel, and food.
The United Kingdom, Singapore and Bahrain have asked its citizens to avoid non-essential travel to Sri Lanka as an economic collapse in the country have led to massive protests.
Crisis in Sri Lanka Live Updates: Sri Lanka declared a nationwide state of emergency hours after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives, leading to more protests amid an economic crisis.