Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oaths as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka

UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe will take oaths as the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at 6.30 pm on Thursdayday his party confirmed. 

Wickremesinghe who held closed door discussions with President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last evening, will take oaths as the new Prime Minister following the resignation of Mahinda Rajapaksa on Monday, reports The Daily Mirror of Sri Lanka.

After taking oaths, Wickremesinghe will visit a temple in Colombo and thereafter assume his duties.