Prime minister returns to Sri Lanka; president lifts emergency rule
Ranil Wickremesinghe (L front) is sworn in as the prime minister by Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R front) in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 12, 2022. (Sri Lankan President Media Division/Handout via Xinhua) Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has appointed Ranil Wickremesinghe as th...
Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa presents his national statement as part of the World Leaders' Summit of the COP26 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Scotland, November 1, 2021. /CFP Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has told Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe th...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as interim president before the chief justice on Friday, following the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the prime minister's office. Earlier in the day, Sri Lanka's Parliament Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena said he has...
Ranil Wickremesinghe was appointed as the prime minister in May 2022 but was temporarily placed in charge of the presidency on 13 July after hispredecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives. Sri Lankais in the midst of an economic crisis and has been unable to pay for crucial imports ...
TORONTO — Some Sri Lankans living in Canada are welcoming the promised resignations of that country's embattled leaders, after protesters angered by economic collapse stormed the homes of the president and prime minister over the weekend.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena resigned before Dissanayake was sworn in, paving the way for the dissolution of parliament. In an earlier interview with BBC Sinhala, Dissanayake signalled that he would dissolve parliament soon after being elected. ...
Mr Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka on Wednesday withprotesters storming the president's homeand the official residence of the prime minister. He had initiallyfled to the Maldives on a military jetalong with his wife and two security guards, but later travelled onwards to Singapore. ...
President Disanayake will meet UAE energy minister to discuss Sri Lanka’s requirement, another source said. He is also scheduled to meet Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, while he will also engage with a number of CEOs of leading global...
Dinesh Gunawardena resigned as prime minister earlier and extended his congratulations to Dissanayake on his election as president of the country.■ Anura Kumara Dissanayake (R, front) is sworn in as the ninth executive president of Sri Lanka at the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, ...