His father, Esmond Wickremesinghe, ... Ranil Wickremesinghe became involved in the resurgence of the UNP following a catastrophic defeat in 1970 to a coalition led by late Prime Minister ...

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

Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives for an interview with The Associated Press in Colombo, Sri Lanka, June 11, 2022. Sri Lankan lawmakers chose Wickremesinghe as president ...

Veteran politician 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 unprecedented economic crisis.

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 ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe is among the 38 candidates contesting Sri Lanka's presidential election on Saturday, a poll that is key to deciding the future of reforms in a nation battling its ...

Daughter of slain Sri Lankan editor accuses Ranil Wickremesinghe of using her father’s name to win votes Lasantha Wickrematunga, the founder and editor of the Sunday Leader, was waylaid by some ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka >> Sri Lankan lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president Wednesday to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country in a vote that risks ...

A prime minister six times over, Ranil Wickremesinghe’s leadership has been equated with Sri Lanka’s economic ambitions as well as its collapse. By Emily Schmall Ranil Wickremesinghe was named ...

That has happened only once before in Sri Lanka when then-Prime Minister Dingiri Banda Wijetunga was chosen by Parliament uncontested in 1993 after former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, father of ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan lawmakers chose six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president Wednesday to succeed the ousted leader who fled the country in a vote that risks ...