Ranil Wickremesinghe: Political survivor, economic expert and friend of IndiaWickremesinghe has been well disposed towards India for decades and has international acceptance but his first priority must be to address ...
21 Jul, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed as acting presidentRajapaksa had announced to step down on Wednesday after thousands of protesters stormed his official residence, blaming him for the unprece...
13 Jul, 2022, 02.41 PM IST
Sri Lankan PM urges citizens not to stock fuel; calls for restructuring entire economyThe Lankan Prime Minister said, the next three weeks will be a tough time for the country with regard to fuel and it is time to use fuel an...
07 Jun, 2022, 09.21 PM IST
Detention of Russia's Aeroflot aircraft in Colombo is private legal issue: Sri Lankan PM WickremesingheThe flight, scheduled to depart from Colombo's Bandaranaike International Airport to Moscow on June 2 with 191 passengers and 13 crew membe...
05 Jun, 2022, 03.50 PM IST
USAID admin calls PM Wickremesinghe, offers support to overcome Sri Lanka crisisSamantha Power, the US Agency for International Development (USAID) administrator, held a telephone conversation with Prime Minister Wickre...
24 May, 2022, 11.38 AM IST
Lanka's bridge over troubled watersIndia must continue with its supportive policies, and work with like-minded countries to provide Sri Lanka support. This is India's opportu...
13 May, 2022, 11.17 PM IST
India welcomes return of Ranil Wickremesinghe as Sri Lanka’s prime ministerA spokesman for Wickremesinghe was quoted as saying on Sunday that the prime minister was expected to form a cabinet in the coming days, wi...
17 Dec, 2018, 08.57 AM IST
Rajapaksa attempts to beat anti incumbency by deciding to contest on new bannerRajapaksa, allegedly backed by China, hopes to get majority to form the next government in Colombo based on his strongman image.
13 Nov, 2018, 11.35 AM IST
India looks to safeguard strategic interests in Sri LankaRecently, when Rajapaksa met India leaders and senior officials in Delhi, India conveyed its discomfort over China building a military base...
09 Nov, 2018, 07.15 AM IST
China allegedly abets horse trading amid political crisis in Sri LankaSirisena appointed a 12-member cabinet late Monday giving the powerful finance portfolio to Rajapaksa. Aides said the cabinet will be expan...
02 Nov, 2018, 11.51 AM IST
Mahinda Rajapaksa assumes charge as new Sri Lankan Prime MinisterSirisena on Friday night sacked Wickremesinghe and appointed Rajapaksa as the new prime minister in a surprise move that is being debated a...
29 Oct, 2018, 01.09 PM IST
Hope democratic values would be respected: India on political turmoil in Sri LankaSri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena suspended Parliament on Saturday, a day after sacking Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and nam...
28 Oct, 2018, 12.43 PM IST
India adopts wait and watch stand on Sri Lanka's political crisisWhile Wickremesinghe decried the coup as "unconstitutional" and illegal, Rajapaksa took to the streets to call upon the leader to step down...
28 Oct, 2018, 10.34 AM IST
Narendra Modi shows Ranil Wickremesinghe rendition of Gandhi's favourite bhajan by Lankan artistesA clip of Modi showing the video to the Sri Lankan premier and his wife after delegation-level talks was posted by Ministry of External Aff...
20 Oct, 2018, 11.06 PM IST
Swaraj meets Sri Lankan PM Wickremesinghe, reviews progress of development projectsEarlier in the day, Home Minister Rajnath Singh also called on Wickremesinghe and discussed issues related to security and anti-terror coop...
20 Oct, 2018, 05.06 PM IST
Six Sri Lankan ministers quit Sirisena-led unity govtThe ministers, who were from the Sirisena-led ruling Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), sent in their resignations after Prime Minister Ranil ...
12 Apr, 2018, 12.13 PM IST
I’m influential, not helpless minister: External Affairs Minister Sushma SwarajShukla said the Sri Lankan PM's remarks about "right to shoot intruders" in the context of Indian fishermen was a slap on India's face.
10 Mar, 2015, 11.15 AM IST