Sri Lanka president to step down, parliamentary speaker says, amid storm of protests

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COLOMBO, July 9 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa plans to step down, the country's parliamentary speaker said on Saturday, bowing to intense pressure after a violent day of protests in which demonstrators stormed the president's official residence and set fire to the prime minister's home in Colombo.

Source: Hiiraan Online