Newly-elected Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena on Saturday thanked PM Narendra Modi and Indians for the generous humanitarian assistance extended to the country. Taking to Twitter, the Indian High Embassy in Sri Lanka said that the island country’s PM noted in response to a congratulatory letter that was given from PM […]
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New Sri Lankan PM Dinesh Gunawardena has Indian connection
As Dinesh Gunawardena took oath as Sri Lanka’s 15th prime minister, its local media highlighted the background of his father Don Philip Rupasinghe Gunawardena who was at the centre of the anti-imperialist and anti-colonial campaign and had played a role in India’s freedom struggle. During the senior leader’s education abroad, his cosmopolitan political […]