Dinesh Gunawardene Appointed as New Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

Senior Sri Lankan leader Dinesh Gunawardene was on Friday appointed as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe administered the oath to him on Friday. Let us tell you that Gunawardene was made the Home Minister in April, during the tenure of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. He has also served as Foreign Minister and Education Minister. The post of Prime Minister fell vacant after Wickremesinghe became the President. Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, was sworn in as the country's eighth president on Thursday.

The previous cabinet will continue to function until the government is agreed upon at the commencement of the Parliament session, followed by a reshuffle of the cabinet. Officials said that Wickremesinghe will form an all-party government. Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister, was elected president by Members of Parliament MPs on Wednesday. With Wickremesinghe taking over as president, it is now expected that the ongoing talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a relief deal for cash-strapped Sri Lanka will get a continuation.

Let us tell you that after Wickremesinghe became the President, now strict action has also started against the protesters. The protesters who were standing outside the President's Secretariat for the last several days. Now the work of expelling them from there has started. It has been told that Ranil Wickremesinghe has ordered to take the strictest action against those who protest violently and violently.