Sri Lankan PM agrees to resign as protesters storm residence of president

Protesters stormed the residence and office of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (Thilina Kaluthotage/AP)

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has agreed to resign after party leaders in Parliament demanded both he and the embattled president step down on the day protesters stormed the president’s residence and office.

Mr Wickremesinghe’s spokesman Dinouk Colambage said the premier had told party leaders he will resign when all parties have agreed on forming a new government.