New PM takes oath...

November 21, 2019  

 

Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo on Thursday (21). Former President Maithripala Sirisena and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe also graced the event. 

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