Sri Lanka's new president dissolves parliament

Anura Kumara Dissanayake calls a general election, dissolving the parliament where his party only holds three seats.

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Anura Kumara Dissanayake dissolved the 225-member parliament in which his left-leaning National People's Power (NPP) alliance had just three seats.

The election will take place on 14 November, almost a year ahead of schedule, according to a notification in the official government gazette.

The president also selected his ally Harini Amarasuriya as prime minister on Tuesday, choosing a woman for the third time in the country's history.

Dissanayake won the nation's presidential election on Saturday.

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