Colombo, Nov 18, 2024 (AFP) - Sri Lanka leader keeps defence, finance in new cabinet

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2024-11-18

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake retained the key defence and finance portfolios in a new cabinet he announed Monday after sweeping snap parliamentary elections last week. The leftist leader, who won the September presidential election, confirmed his interim cabinet colleagues -- Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya and Foreign Minister Vijitha Herath -- would keep their portfolios. Dissanayake's decision to call polls nearly 10 months a......

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