Sri Lanka's newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe addresses journalists during a visit to the Gangaramaya Buddhist temple in Colombo, July 20, 2022. ARUN SANKAR/AFP/Getty ...

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday called on the Youth Affairs and Sports Minister to prevent political parties ...

Responding to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s claims on youth clubs, Youth Affairs Deputy Minister Eranga Gunasekara ...

A battery of more than 50 top-notch lawyers has been assembled to mount a legal challenge to the government’s controversial ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe has spent 45 years of his life in Parliament and said he is happy to be Sri Lanka's next president By Lawrence Richard Fox News Published July 20, 2022 4:40am EDT Facebook ...

In his first major speech to Parliament since taking over, Ranil Wickremesinghe called on lawmakers to form an all-party government to resolve the South Asian nation’s economic crisis.

Sri Lanka’s youth clubs should not be drawn into political agendas, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has stated ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe told party leaders - who had demanded his resignation - that he would leave office once they all agree on forming a new government, according to his spokesperson.

The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) pushed President Mahinda Rajapaksa to take the decision to intervene militarily to defeat Tamil separatism. Therefore, the former Presidents' rights should not be ...

July 20 (UPI) -- Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, a largely unpopular figure whose house was set on fire during recent protests fueled by the country's ongoing economic crisis, was ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, a canny political survivor with ties to the exiled former president, inherits a nation in deep crisis. By Emily Schmall and Mujib Mashal July 20, 2022 ...

On July 20, Sri Lankan parliamentarians elected Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country’s eighth executive president. The way Wickremesinghe won the election proved in the eyes of many Sri Lankans ...