Ranil Wickremesinghe bids an emotional farewell to Lanka …
WEB4 days ago — Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe who lost Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday bid an emotional farewell to his 26 months job as the island nation's president and handed over the ...
Sri Lanka's Dissanayake to restart IMF talks to end economic crisis ...
WEB1 day ago — The future of the economic recovery plan drafted by former liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe was called into question after Dissanayake, a Marxist, won the presidential election on Saturday. During the campaign, Dissanayake said that he will renegotiate the bailout agreement with the IMF agreed by Wickremesinghe.
Marxist Dissanayake wins Sri Lanka’s presidential election ... - AP News
WEBUpdated 8:31 PM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake won Sri Lanka’s presidential election, the Election Commission announced Sunday, after voters rejected the old political guard that has been widely accused of pushing the South Asian nation into economic ruin.
Sri Lanka’s newly elected president is sworn into office - NBC News
WEBJul 21, 2022 — Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an economic crisis.
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs - BBC
WEBSri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the...
Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes interim president of Sri Lanka - NBC News
WEBJul 15, 2022 — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka ’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into office - BBC
WEBJul 21, 2022 — Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering. The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded...
Ranil Wickremesinghe Elected President of Sri Lanka - The New York Times
WEBJul 20, 2022 — COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday represented the triumph of establishment politics over a social movement calling for wholesale...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected as President by parliament - CNN
WEBJul 20, 2022 — Sri Lankan lawmakers on Wednesday elected former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as President of the crisis-hit South Asian country, in a move likely to anger protesters who have been...
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s new president
WEBJul 20, 2022 — Colombo, Sri Lanka – The parliament in Sri Lanka has elected veteran politician and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the crisis-hit island nation’s eighth president....