Mahinda Rajapaksa to be sworn in as Sri Lanka PM
Rajapaksa, the main opposition leader, will be appointed as prime minister after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally on Thursday.
Rajapaksa, the main opposition leader, will be appointed as prime minister after incumbent Wickremesinghe steps down formally on Thursday.
Rajapaksa also said that the public's decision at the ballot box needed to be respected.
Nalini Sriharan, one of the seven convicts in the assassination, sought direction to Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit to release the convicts.
The anniversary falls nearly a month after Easter Sunday bombings, the worst terror attack in the country that killed 258 people and injured over 500 others.
