Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka Will Ask Japan to Lead Debt Restructuring Talks With Main Creditors China, India: President

Sri Lanka's president said Thursday that he would ask Japan to initiate debt restructuring talks with Sri Lanka's main creditors, including China and India, as the crisis-hit nation strives to ...

August 19, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly
Sri Lankan Forces Deployed to Dismantle Anti-Government Protest Camp Outside Presidential Residence

Sri Lanka's armed forces on July 22 launched a pre-dawn raid at Galle Face park—which had been besieged ...

July 22, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly
Sri Lanka Placed Under Emergency Declaration Ahead of Parliamentary Vote for New President

Sri Lanka's acting president on July 17 declared a state of emergency across the crisis-hit island nation ahead ...

July 18, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Sworn in as Interim President

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka's prime minister was sworn in Friday as interim president until Parliament elects a successor ...

July 15, 2022BY The Associated Press
India Dismisses Reports of Sending Troops to Sri Lanka Amid Escalating Protests

India "categorically" dismissed reports that it was sending troops to Sri Lanka amid worsening turmoil that has seen ...

July 11, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly
Debt-Ridden Sri Lanka Asks China to Revise $1.5 Billion Swap Deal

Sri Lanka has requested that China amend the terms of a $1.5 billion yuan-denominated swap facility so that ...

June 8, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly
Sri Lanka’s 5-Time Former Prime Minister Returns to Office Amid Turmoil

Political veteran Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has served as Sri Lanka's prime minister five times, has been reappointed to ...

May 13, 2022BY Aldgra Fredly