Dinesh Gunawardena

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena addresses an election campaign rally in support of the independent presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe ahead of the upcoming presidential election, in Minuwangoda in Gampaha district, Sri Lanka, September 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Thilina Kaluthotage/ File Photo
South Asia

Sri Lankan prime minister resigns after Dissanayake's presidential win

Gunawardena, 75, took over as prime minister in July 2022 after former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and resigned in the face of widespread protests unleashed by the worst economic...

Dinesh Gunawardena, Leader of the House of Parliament arrives at a Buddhist temple as he waits for Ranil Wickremesinghe who has been elected as the Eighth Executive President under the Constitution, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka July 20, 2022. REUTERS/ Dinuka Liyanawatte
Politics

Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as Sri Lanka's new PM