<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">Sri Lanka's parliamentary speaker said Friday that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation had been accepted after the leader fled the country earlier this week.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>"Gotabaya has legally resigned" with effect from Thursday, Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana told reporters, after Rajapaksa notified the speaker from Singapore he was stepping down. - AFP</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>