Six-time PM Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka president

Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation on Thursday.

Sri Lanka's six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in Thursday as president of the crisis-hit South Asian nation ahead of forming a unity government, his office said.

Sri Lanka's police chief and top military brass stood behind the new president as the oath was administered in the presence of parliamentary speaker Mahinda Abeywardana.

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