Sri Lanka's new President Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to swear in his Cabinet on Friday comprising members of the previous government, including Dinesh Gunewardena who will be the next prime minister.
Sri Lanka Cabinet has approved a proposal to write off over 1.5 billion rupees worth agricultural loans for paddy farmers who were hit by the 2019 Easter Sunday attacks and COVID 19 outbreak, a spokesman said, as the country’s economic crisis had left many of them unable to repay.