Ranil Wickremesinghe bids an emotional farewell to Lanka …
WEB6 days 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’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.
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...
Ranil Wickremesinghe becomes interim president of Sri Lanka
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...
Ranil Wickremesinghe: The six-time Sri Lankan PM who became …
WEBRanil 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 …
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...
New Sri Lankan president sworn in, police clear protest site
WEBJul 22, 2022 · Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe has been sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president to take charge of a nation bitterly angry he was chosen amid an unprecedented economic crisis.
Wickremesinghe chosen Sri Lanka PM in effort to quell crisis
WEBMay 12, 2022 · COLOMBO, 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.
Thousands protest against Sri Lanka’s new acting president - AP …
WEBJul 13, 2022 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled on a military jet on Wednesday after angry protesters seized his home and office, and appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as acting president while he is overseas.
Ranil Wickremesinghe elected crisis-hit Sri Lanka’s new president
WEBJul 20, 2022 · Colombo, Sri Lanka – The parliament in Sri Lanka has elected veteran politician and six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as the crisis-hit island nation’s eighth president....
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