Tycoon named Sri Lanka investment minister

By Uditha Jayasinghe
Updated June 25 2022 - 4:26am, first published 4:21am
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who faces protests, has appointed an investment promotion minister.
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who faces protests, has appointed an investment promotion minister.

Sri Lanka's president has appointed tycoon Dhammika Perera as minister for investment promotion, his office says in a statement, as the crisis-hit country struggles to find foreign exchange to import food, fuel and drugs.

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