India's growth will be beneficial to Indian Ocean Region: Sri Lanka President Ranil WickremesingheVisiting Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday said that he believes that India's growth will be beneficial to the neighbourh...
21 Jul, 2023, 06.09 PM IST
Sri Lanka not averse to using Indian rupee as common currency: President WickremesingheThe President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, has expressed his desire for the Indian rupee to be used as much as the US dollar in the ...
15 Jul, 2023, 01.04 PM IST
Sri Lanka banks on India as China dithersAfter concluding debt restructuring talks with Japan, Sri Lanka is set to begin consultations with India. China, another major lender, cont...
16 Jan, 2023, 07.21 AM IST
'No point in economic reforms when we don't have an economy: Sri Lankan President WickremesingheAddressing the inaugural session of the Sri Lanka Economic Summit 2022 on Monday, Wickremesinghe said the country's beleaguered economy can...
06 Dec, 2022, 04.16 PM IST
Sri Lanka will not be part of any Indian Ocean turf war: President Ranil Wickremesinghe"We don't participate in a military alliance, and we certainly do not want the problems of the Pacific coming to the Indian Ocean. We don't...
15 Sep, 2022, 04.36 PM IST
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe thanks India for gifting Dornier aircraftReferring to India's Independence Day anniversary on Monday, Wickremesinghe said he was inspired by India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal...
15 Aug, 2022, 08.04 PM IST
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 Lanka Economic crisis: Protesters camp, cook inside PM's Colombo homeThe ongoing tussle between Sri Lankan citizens and the government of the country took a new turn when a mob of protestors occupied the offi...
11 Jul, 2022, 04.38 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
Arjuna Ranatunga arrested over fatal shooting in Sri Lanka amid political crisisOne person succumbed to his injuries and two others were hospitalised in the shooting incident and a security personnel was arrested at the...
29 Oct, 2018, 06.27 PM IST
Vajpayee helped Sri Lanka in war against LTTE: Wickremesinghe"He was one of the great prime ministers. He was a true friend of Sri Lanka, he stood for Sri Lanka at all times," Wickremesinghe said.
19 Aug, 2018, 06.32 PM IST
China offers to fund Sri Lankan port projectsChina said it was ready to work with Sri Lanka to push ahead the construction of the Colombo Port, which has both strategic and economic im...
16 May, 2017, 11.24 PM IST
Sri Lankan PM Ranil Wickramasinghe sees huge potential in cooperation with China"Both Sri Lanka and China are deepening reforms, in the process of which we see huge potential for cooperation," Wickremesinghe said as he ...
10 Apr, 2016, 01.31 PM IST
President Pranab Mukherjee hopes India-Sri Lanka ties will scale new heights under WickremesinghePresident Pranab Mukherjee today expressed hope that India-Sri Lanka relations will scale new heights under Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesi...
16 Sep, 2015, 04.46 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi congratulates Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe on being sworn-inPrime Minister Narendra Modi today congratulated Ranil Wickremesinghe on being sworn-in as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister.
21 Aug, 2015, 12.46 PM IST
PM Narendra Modi calls up Wickremesinghe to congratulate him on Sri Lankan parliamentary polls winIncumbent Wickremesinghe, 66, was today set for another term as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister after the victory achieved by his UNP.
18 Aug, 2015, 09.20 PM IST
Lanka will have to rethink its India policy: Wickremesinghe"Look at the change. It is far-reaching and will have an impact on Sri Lanka and the region," Wickremesinghe told a local radio.
17 May, 2014, 05.21 PM IST