Sri Lanka Crisis: Presidential Secretariat resumes operations after 100 days
The protest, also known as the Aragalaya -- a Sinhalese word for "struggle", disrupted work for a prolonged period at the Presidential Secretariat, which had gone through heavy damages during the agitation and required necessary renovations.
Jul 25, 2022, 14:19 PM ISTDinesh Guawardena, schoolmate of President Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister
Born in 1949, Dinesh Gunawardena is the leader of the Trotskyist majority nationalist Mahajana Eksath Peramuna (MEP) a constituent party of the ruling SLPP.
Jul 22, 2022, 11:48 AM ISTSri Lanka crisis: Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as country’s new Prime Minister
Dinesh Gunawardena took the oath as Sri Lanka`s new prime minister today. Gunawardena`s appointment comes a day after six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country`s new president.
Jul 22, 2022, 10:52 AM IST