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Dinesh Gunawardena appointed new Prime Minister

Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) MP Dinesh Gunawardena was appointed as the new Prime Minister today. He took oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Dinesh Gunawardena is seen as an ally of former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa. Wickremesinghe and Gunawardena have been schoolmates and friends since the age. Wickremesinghe, 73, is a free-market champion and a pro-West politician while Gunawardena, 73, is a staunch Sinhala nationalist who believes in socialism and wants greater state

22 Jul, 2022

New PM and Cabinet to be appointed

A new Cabinet is to be appointed tomorrow with Dinesh Gunawardena tipped to be the new Prime Minister. The new Cabinet will take oaths before President Ranil Wickremesinghe. The President?s Media Division (PMD) said the Cabinet will take oaths at 9.00 a.m. tomorrow. Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the 8th Executive President of Sri Lanka today. He was sworn in before Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya at the Parliament complex. Wickremesinghe was elected President by Parliament yesterday secu

21 Jul, 2022

G. L. Peiris dropped from new Cabinet

Professor G.L. Peiris has been dropped from the new Cabinet appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Ali Sabry has been appointed as the new Foreign Minister, replacing Peiris. The move comes after Peiris had questioned the decision taken by his party, the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), to nominate Wickremesinghe as President. The Cabinet of Ministers of the new interim government is as follows: 1. PM Dinesh Gunawardena ? Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial C

22 Jul, 2022