Just a few days after the presidential election, Sri Lanka is bracing for the parliamentary election which will be costlier than the recently concluded poll. In last week’s election, Anura Kumara Dissanayake won and became the new president of Sri Lanka. Soon after holding the position Dissanayake dissolved Parliament on Tuesday to call a snap…
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s new prez, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, named college professor and first-time lawmaker Harini Amarasuriya as the new PM of the Indian Ocean island nation on Tuesday, making her the third woman to be appointed to the post.Dissanayake, 55, has taken the key finance portfolio himself as Sri Lanka looks to emerge from its…
NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka welcomed its 16th Prime Minister on Tuesday, Harini Amarasuriya, an academic-turned-politician who became the first woman to hold the position since Sirimavo Bandaranaike in 2000. Amarasuriya brings both a deep academic background and a significant link to India.Amarasuriya, 54, spent her formative college years at Delhi University, studying at the renowned…
