Sri Lanka disaster: Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as nation’s new Prime Minister

Colombo: Senior politician Dinesh Gunawardena on Friday took over as Sri Lanka’s prime minister as President Ranil Wickremesinghe swore in his new Cupboard. A stalwart of Sri Lankan politics, Gunawardena, 73. Earlier served because the international minister and schooling minister. He was appointed as Dwelling Minister in April by then President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

The prime minister’s submit fell vacant after Wickremesinghe, 73, was on Thursday sworn in because the nation’s eighth president after Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the nation after which resigned as president.

He has referred to as for bipartisanship to handle the unprecedented financial disaster the nation is going through.