Rajapaksas officially ditch Wickremesinghe, youngest heir announced as candidate for Lanka presidencyNamal Rajapaksa, 38, has been named the SLPP presidential candidate, ending the Rajapaksa family's support for incumbent Ranil Wickremesing...
07 Aug, 2024, 11.59 AM IST
Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest Presidential polls as independent candidate, says aideSri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe plans to contest the upcoming Presidential election as an independent candidate. The election dat...
07 Jul, 2024, 06.56 PM IST
EAM Jaishankar & Sri Lankan Prez Wickremesinghe discuss bilateral cooperationPerth, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who is in the Australian city of Perth to attend the two-day-long Indian Ocean Conference, m...
10 Feb, 2024, 01.20 PM IST
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval calls on Sri Lankan President Ranil WickremesingheNational Security Advisor Ajit Doval called on Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi on Friday. Wickremesinghe who arrived ...
21 Jul, 2023, 12.32 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 Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe to visit India on July 21Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will embark on a two-day visit to India on July 21 during which he is expected to meet Prime Mini...
09 Jul, 2023, 02.50 PM IST
Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe rules out early elections, vows to crush anti-government street protestsWickremesinghe, 73, who took over as the President of Sri Lanka in July this year after then-president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled Colombo in t...
23 Nov, 2022, 03.42 PM IST
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lankan presidentWickremesinghe won 134 votes in the 225 member parliament in a vote count on Wednesday, after his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the c...
21 Jul, 2022, 07.15 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
Sri Lanka Speaker recognises Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime ministerThe speaker said Wickremesinghe's request to retain the security and privileges of PM was fair until another candidate could prove a majori...
28 Oct, 2018, 04.47 PM IST
'I will remain Lankan PM, naming Rajapaksa unconstitutional': Ranil WickremesingheIn a telephonic conversation with a TV station, Ranil Wickremesinghe said "I will continue to be the Prime Minister. Mahinda Rajapaksa's ap...
26 Oct, 2018, 10.19 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
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
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
Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Sri Lanka PMRanil Wickremesinghe was today sworn in as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister for the fourth time following his party's victory in the parliamentar...
21 Aug, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
Sri Lankan government to implement 13th amendment: Ranil Wickremesinghe"Among the legislation we have to approve is a new form of government where Cabinet is linked to parliament. That will replace the executiv...
20 Jan, 2015, 09.43 PM IST