Crisis-hit Sri Lanka gets new prime minister

Dinesh Gunawardena, an ally of the Rajapaksa political family, was appointed as Sri Lanka's prime minister, on Friday hours after security forces cleared the main protest site occupied for months over the country's economic collapse.
New President Ranil who was elected by lawmakers and sworn into office earlier this week, appointed his school classmate Dinesh Gunawardena as new Prime Minister. Gunawardena is 73 and also belongs to a prominent political family.
Sri Lankans have taken to the streets for months demanding their leaders resign over an economic crisis that has left the island nation's 22 million people short of essentials like medicine, food and fuel. The protests forced out former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week.