Ranil Wickremesinghe bids an emotional farewell to Lanka …
WEB12 hours ago · Colombo, President Ranil Wickremesinghe who lost Sri Lanka's presidential election on Sunday bid an emotional farewell to his 26 months job as the island nation's president and handed over the ...
Sri Lanka election: Marxist leader Dissanayake leads early vote …
WEB19 hours ago · Updated 2:24 AM PDT, September 22, 2024. COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake was leading Sri Lanka’s presidential election after knocking out the incumbent liberal President Ranil Wickremesinghe from the race, as officials on Sunday began a second round of vote counting for the first time in the nation’s ...
Sri Lanka: Ranil Wickremesinghe elected president by MPs - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Sri Lankan MPs have elected prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the country's new president, despite his unpopularity with the public. Mr Wickremesinghe faces the task of leading the...
What's at stake in Sri Lanka's first presidential vote since its ...
WEBSep 6, 2024 · A tear gas canister lands amidst the protesters storming the compound of Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe’s office demanding he resign after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country amid economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, July 13, 2022.
Ranil Wickremesinghe Elected President of Sri Lanka - The New York Times
WEBJul 20, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — The election of Ranil Wickremesinghe as president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday represented the triumph of establishment politics over a social movement calling for wholesale...
Sri Lanka’s newly elected president is sworn into office - NBC News
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he will remain in power amid an economic crisis.
Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes interim president of Sri Lanka - NBC News
WEBJul 15, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka ’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass...
Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis
WEBCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Five-time former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was reappointed on Thursday in an effort to bring stability to the island nation, which is engulfed in a political and economic crisis.
Ranil Wickremesinghe: The six-time Sri Lankan PM who became president - BBC
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Ranil Wickremesinghe has been promoted from being Sri Lanka's prime minister to its new president within a matter of days. He now has the job he has long coveted - but the challenges he...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: Sri Lanka sees new president sworn into office - BBC
WEBJul 21, 2022 · Sri Lanka's Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as president, amid hopes that he will pull the country out of its economic suffering. The 73-year-old took his oath at the tightly-guarded...
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