Ranil Wickremesinghe to Take Oath as New Sri Lankan PM

Leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oath as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at 6.30 pm on Thursday, his party confirmed. 

Wickremesinghe who held closed-door discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last evening will take oath as the new Prime Minister following the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday.

After taking the oath, Wickremesinghe will visit a temple in Colombo and thereafter assume his duties._DailyMirror (Sri Lanka)