The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has issued an interim order that prevented former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa from leaving the country without the court s permission until July 28.
COLOMBO, July 15 (Xinhua) Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the
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Terming the scenario of him winning the Sri Lanka s presidential elections an uphill task, country s main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Friday said that he will contest the elections as he is convinced that the truth will prevail.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was yesterday sworn in as the country’s interim president until parliament elects a successor to former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass protests over the country’s economic collapse forced him from office.
Sri Lankan Speaker of the Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana said Rajapaksa resigned as president effective Thursday and lawmakers would convene today to choose a new leader.
Their choice would serve out the remainder of Rajapaksa’s term ending in 2024, Abeywardana said, adding that he expects the process to be done in seven days.
The new president could potentially appoint a new