Harini Amarasuriya becomes Sri Lanka’s third female Prime Minister, sworn in by President Anura Dissanayake

Harini Amarasuriya was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka on Tuesday after Anura Kumar Dissanayake became President of Sri Lanka. She is the first female leader to hold the post of prime minister since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. NPP leader Amarasuriya was sworn in as Prime Minister in the presence of…

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Sri Lankan President Dissanayake orders resumption of investigation into Easter Sunday terror attacks

Sri Lanka’s new President Anura Kumar Dissanayake said on Tuesday that he would reopen an investigation into the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks. Dissanayake took office on September 22 after winning the presidential election held in Sri Lanka on September 21. He made the remarks during a courtesy call on Cardinal Malcolm Ranjit, chief of…

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