COLOMBO: Beleaguered Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister on Thursday to try to steer his South Asian island nation out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said.
Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a "unity government" with cross-party support in the country's 225-member parliament and replace Rajapaksa's elder brother Mahinda, who stepped down on Monday.
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