Former Sri Lanka PM quits as party leader

Updated August 10 2020 - 10:11pm, first published 10:08pm
Ranil Wickremesinghe is stepping down as leader of the United National Party in Sri Lanka.
Ranil Wickremesinghe is stepping down as leader of the United National Party in Sri Lanka.

Sri Lanka's longest-serving party leader and former prime minister has announced he is to step down, after his party suffered a humiliating defeat at last week's parliamentary elections, a party spokesman says.

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