Ex President mahinda rajapaksa sworn in as sri lanka prime minister

Colombo: Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the 23rd Prime Minister of the country in the President’s Secretariat in the presence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.

According to the Sunday Times report, Rajapaksa has been the President of Sri Lanka from 2005 to 2015. Rajapaksa will lead the caretaker cabinet of the government till the general elections are held.

The development came a day after his predecessor and former ruling United National Party leader Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned from the post.

Wickremesinghe has resigned after his party’s presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa lost in the presidential election on Saturday.