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Ex-Sri Lanka president Wickremesinghe urges opposition unity

Ex-Sri Lanka president Wickremesinghe urges opposition unity
world news
Published on Jun 15, 2026 05:16 pm IST

Two more high-profile Sri Lankan politicians arrested

Security officers escort Sri Lankan former fisheries minister, Rajitha Senaratne (C), outside a court in Colombo on Friday.
world news
Published on Aug 29, 2025 06:22 pm IST

Sri Lanka's ex-president Ranil Wickremesinghe hospitalised a day after arrest

Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted by prison and police officials as he leaves the Magistrate’s Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 22, 2025.
world news
Updated on Aug 24, 2025 12:57 pm IST

‘Politics of vengeance’ : Tharoor concerned over ex-Sri Lankan president arrest

In a post on X, Tharoor stated that the alleged charges against Ranil Wickramasinghe "seem trivial" and expressed concern about the health of the former Sri Lankan President
india news
Published on Aug 24, 2025 06:48 am IST

Sri Lanka opposition says ex-leader jailed to stop comeback

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted to his seat in a prison bus in Colombo on August 22, 2025.
india news
Published on Aug 23, 2025 05:17 pm IST

Ex-Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested

Ex-Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe.
world news
Updated on Aug 22, 2025 02:08 pm IST

‘Don’t want to be sandwiched, especially between China, India’: Sri Lankan Prez

Sri Lankan new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake waves to supporters during a public rally in Dehiowita.
world news
Published on Sept 24, 2024 10:12 am IST

Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake leads in Sri Lanka presidential polls

Leader and the presidential candidate of National People's Power Anura Kumara Dissanayake arrives at a polling station to cast his vote in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024.
world news
Published on Sept 22, 2024 03:03 pm IST

Sri Lanka's election: Test for regional dynamics

Supporters of Sri Lanka's president and United National Party presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe during an election rally (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)
international affairs
Published on Sept 21, 2024 11:39 am IST

Morning briefing: Hezbollah commander killed in Israeli strike

An undated photograph of Ibrahim Aqil, who serves on Hezbollah's top military body as a senior commander according to two security sources in Lebanon and the Israeli Army Radio.
india news
Published on Sept 21, 2024 09:04 am IST

Sri Lanka president defends IMF bailout in campaign launch

Sri Lanka president defends IMF bailout in campaign launch
world news
Updated on Aug 29, 2024 02:04 pm IST

EAM Jaishankar & Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe formally commission Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre

EAM Jaishankar & Sri Lanka President Wickremesinghe formally commission Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre
world news
Updated on Jun 20, 2024 03:23 pm IST

Morning briefing: India reaffirms ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy, and more

President Droupadi Murmu, vice-president Jagdeep Dhankhar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi with leaders of the India’s neighbourhood countries in New Delhi on Sunday. (PTI Photo)
india news
Published on Jun 10, 2024 09:30 am IST

IIT Madras' second offshore campus likely to come up in Sri Lanka

The proposal for an offshore IIT campus in Sri Lanka was announced last November in the 2024 Budget unveiled by Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who also serves as the finance minister.
news
Published on Feb 14, 2024 10:31 am IST

More than 1000 prisoners freed to mark Christmas in Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe granted an amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts
world news
Published on Dec 25, 2023 12:44 pm IST

Colombo evasive to India over permission to Chinese survey vessel

280 nautical miles east of Chennai in Bay of Bengal.
india news
Updated on Oct 14, 2023 07:56 am IST

‘Will you lead Oppn alliance?’: Sri Lankan President asks Mamata. Her response

West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee along with Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe.
india news
Published on Sept 13, 2023 05:39 pm IST

Confusion over Sri Lanka granting permission to Chinese survey vessel in October

File photo of Chinese ballistic missile tracking ship Yuan Wang 5 at Hambantota port in August 2022.
world news
Updated on Aug 29, 2023 10:52 am IST

Will Sri Lanka wake up to Indian strategic concerns?

Chinese maritime research vessel Shi Yan 6 to visit Colombo and Hambantota ports to do survey of Sri Lankan EEZ in end October.
analysis
Published on Aug 12, 2023 06:59 pm IST

Wickremesinghe agrees to be sensitive to India's strategic and security concerns

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri L:ankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe
india news
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 05:51 pm IST

PM Modi, Ranil boost ties, unveil a new economic partnership

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe shakes hands with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. (Raj K Raj/HT Photo)
india news
Updated on Jul 22, 2023 04:49 am IST

PM Modi holds talks with Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe

Prime minister Narendra Modi shakes hand with Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe at Hyderabad house in New Delhi on Friday. (Photo by RajkRaj/ Hindustan Times)
india news
Published on Jul 21, 2023 12:15 pm IST

Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe India bound in July, to seek closer ties

File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe in New Delhi in 2018.
india news
Published on Jun 17, 2023 12:37 pm IST

‘Cleared final obstacle’: Sri Lankan president on China restructuring loans

Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe
world news
Published on Mar 07, 2023 06:38 pm IST

Sri Lanka forex down to USD 500 million, postpones local polls

File photo of Sri Lankan protests over price rise and lack of essential commodities in 2022.
world news
Updated on Feb 25, 2023 10:42 am IST

Sri Lanka delays local polls amid economic crisis

Sri Lanka crisis: Sri Lanka has seen more than a year of acute shortages of essentials along with hyper-inflation.
world news
Published on Feb 24, 2023 06:13 pm IST

Sri Lanka bans transportation of beef, mutton as bad weather kills cattle

Representational image.
world news
Published on Dec 10, 2022 11:38 pm IST

Paris Club for 10-year ban on Lanka debt, global north, south to take haircut

Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickreemesinghe will have to pay for profligacies and misgovernance of previous China friendly Rajapaksa regime
world news
Published on Dec 03, 2022 01:25 pm IST

Sri Lanka president Ranil Wickremesinghe rules out early elections

Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
world news
Published on Nov 23, 2022 04:07 pm IST

China lets down Colombo in securing $2.9 billion IMF loan in December

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
world news
Published on Nov 03, 2022 11:15 am IST
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