new delhi gotabaya rajapaksa who had fled to the maldives on thursday took a saudia airline plane to singapore shortly afterwards he resigned as president via an email sent to the parliament speakerhe had earlier failed to board a scheduled singapore airlines flight from male due to security concerns reports statedsri lanka had on wednesday declared a state of emergency after angry protesters stormed the pms office in colombo hours after president rajapksa fled on a military jet amid the countrys worst economic crisis in decadesread alsogotabaya rajapaksa still in maldives awaits private jet to depart for singapore reportsri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa who has fled to the maldives could not board a scheduled singapore airlines flight from male to singapore due to security concerns and is now waiting to travel on a private aircraft according to a media report on thursday parliament speaker mahinda yapasri lanka lifts curfew no signs of rajapaksas resignationsri lankan authorities on thursday lifted the curfew which was imposed in the western province after the eruption of violence in the capital here even as president gotabaya rajapaksa who has fled to the maldives was yet to submit his resignation letter t least 84 people were hospitalised whenpeaceful transfer of power within sri lanka is essential uswashington amid the unrest in sri lanka us ambassador to sri lanka julie chung has urged for the peaceful transfer of power within the countrys constitutional framework and said that the us condemns all violence and calls for the rule of law to be upheld in the crisishit island nation weprotest sites however were calm on thursday as people waited for the resignation of the presidenthere are the top developments of the dayrajapaksa steps down sends email to parliament speakergotabaya rajapaksa on thursday stepped down as sri lanka president via an email sent from singapore to the parliament speakera source in the speakers office said that rajapaksas resignation will be announced after the constitutionally mandated process is completed it was not immediately clear if the letter sent shortly after rajapaksa arrived in singapore would be accepted in email form the source addedfaced with a popular revolt rajapaksa had vowed to step down by wednesday july 13 itself but had not done soindia says no role in rajapaksas travelsindia on thursday reiterated that it has no role in sri lanka president rajapaksas travel from the country or in facilitating the same an mea spokesperson said that india has taken note of media reports that rajapaksa is now in singapore we will continue to stand with the people of sri lanka and their aspirationsthrough democratic means and a constitutional framework said mea spokesperson arindam bagchirajapaksa wife arrive in singapore from maldivesoutgoing sri lankan president gotabaya rajapaksa landed in singapore on thursday after fleeing mass protests over his countrys economic meltdownrajapaksa who fled to the maldives on wednesday headed on to singapore on a saudi arabian airline flight according to a person familiar with the situationa passenger on the flight who declined to