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...
China firmly supports Sri Lanka in safeguarding national sovereignty, independence and national dignity, and in exploring a modernization path suited to its national conditions, Xi said, adding that China will continue to provide due assistance within its capacity for Sri Lanka's economic and social ...
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agriculture, and poverty alleviation. Together, we can enhance our partnership!,” President Dissanayake said in his X social media platform before he left Sri Lanka.
Munasinghe, who immigrated to Canada from Sri Lanka in 2004, initially backed Rajapaksa and supported the president for years, but said amid the country's economic meltdown and deepening political turmoil it was time for someone else to take over. ...
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa has said he has NO plans to resign & that the President has NOT asked him to step down. This was confirmed by the Media Secretary to the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. Earlier it was reported Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, in a special...
ECONOMYNEXT- Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe is visiting Singapore and Japan where he will meet Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also address a conference in Tokyo, a statement said. In Singapore, he will meet with K. Shanmugam, the Law and Home Affairs Minister, along with high-ranking ...
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe has made new appointments to the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC). Accordingly, Justice W. M. N. P. Iddawala has been appointed as the chairman of the Bribery Commission, while Mr. Chethiya Goonesekera and Mr. ...
Sri Lanka Next president to serve remainder of term Image:Acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe is sworn in. Pic: PM Media The new choice as president will serve the remainder of Mr Rajapaksa's term, which ends in 2024. That person could potentially appoint a new prime minister, who w...