Ranil Wickremesinghe, a six-time prime minister of Sri Lanka, was elected president by lawmakers amid the country’s political and economic turmoil.

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 protests over the ...

Much of the protesters’ ire is focused on Rajapaksa and his family’s political dynasty, which ruled Sri Lanka for most of the past two decades, but many also blame Ranil Wickremesinghe, a six ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, the acting President of Sri Lanka, invokes a state of emergency as protest intensify around the country. ... The family has denied the corruption allegations, ...

New President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was elected by lawmakers and sworn into office earlier this week, appointed his school classmate Dinesh Gunawardena to succeed himself. Gunawardena is 73 ...

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe waves to the media as he arrives to file his nomination for the upcoming presidential elections in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. Credit ...

New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to find a way out of ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe, a lawyer who served as Sri Lanka's prime minister a record six times, has finally made it to the top job, ... (SLPP), that is dominated by the Rajapaksa family.

Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's then-prime minister, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview at the Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business in Hong Kong on November 4, 2016.

Item 1 of 2 Supporters of President Ranil Wickremesinghe watch the TV while he addresses the nation, after the International Monetary Fund's executive board approved a $3 billion loan, in ...

Mr Wickremesinghe has been serving as the caretaker president ever since former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the country and emailed his resignation days later. He secured 134 votes in the ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -New Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will appoint an ally of the ousted Rajapaksa dynasty as prime minister, four sources said on Thursday, a day after urging unity to ...