Ranil resigns, Mahinda takes oaths as PM today

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Opposition Leader and former President Mahinda Rajapaksa will be sworn in as the Prime Minister today at 1.00 p.m
Spokesman for the Opposition Leader Rohan Weliwita speaking to media said that Rajapaksa will then assume duties as the new Prime Minister
at the Prime Minister Office at 3.00 p.m
today
This follows the resignation announced last evening of UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe as Prime Minister.