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Ranil Wickremesinghe
Who is Ranil Wickremesinghe?
Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as the President of Sri Lanka on July 20, 2022, amid an economic crisis and mass protests across the country that caused his predecessor Gotabaya Rajpaksha to flee the island nation. He is a member of the Sri Lankan parliament from the centre-right United National Party (UNP) and has held various offices in his career spanning over four decades.
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Indian delegation calls on Wickremesinghe for alliance in energy sector
A high-level Indian delegation called on Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe here on Sunday and briefed him on the developments in the jointly-identified priority areas for collaboration
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IMF facility debunks Sri Lanka's bankrupt status: President Wickremesinghe
President Ranil Wickremesinghe told Parliament that the IMF bailout had restored Sri Lanka's international recognition, ending the image of bankruptcy and helping the local banks
Sri Lankan unions end strike after President Wickremesinghe offers talks
The trade unions of doctors, ports, banks, electricity and teachers observed a day-long strike with the hope to convert it to a continuous protest action
SL Prez Wickremesinghe calls for unity, to continue with his decisions
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that he will go ahead with the devolution of powers within a united Sri Lanka and continue with his unpopular decisions to ensure that the country recovered
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Cannot reboot SL's battered economy through painkillers: Wickremesinghe
Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said he is fixing the debt-ridden country's economy by treating the "root cause" of the malaise and not by administering painkillers
Sri Lanka must correct its errors, failures: Prez at 75th Independence Day
In his message, Wickremesinghe said: Our 75th anniversary of independence from colonial rule is being observed during an extremely critical and challenging time in the country
Sri Lanka's economic growth in 2022 at minus 11%: President Wickremesinghe
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) had projected the 2022 growth to be minus 8 per cent
LIVE: India to include concerns of Global South in G20, says LS Speaker
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Sri Lanka concludes debt restructuring talks with Japan: Wickremesinghe
The IMF bailout has been put on a halt as Sri Lanka pursues talks with creditors to meet the global lender's condition for the facility
Cash-strapped Sri Lanka plans to downsize military by half by 2030
President Ranil Wickremesinghe said last year that military strategy reforms were needed to gear the island's army to face new challenges
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Public service not an eight-hour job: Lanka president Ranil Wickremesinghe
Wickremesinghe urges public servants to work overtime 'to make cash-strapped island a prosperous nation this year'
Coordinated assistance programme vital for SL's recovery from crisis
Wickremesinghe, who also holds the Finance portfolio, presented Sri Lanka's development programme associated with the economic recovery and growth
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No point in economic reforms when we don't have an economy: Sri Lanka Prez
President Ranil Wickremesinghe has acknowledged that there was no point in economic reforms in Sri Lanka because the cash-starved island nation didn't have an economy
Sri Lanka's Tamil parties to discuss federalism ahead of talks with govt
The meeting will be held at the Colombo residence of R Sampanthan, the 89-year-old leader of the Tamil National Alliance, sources in the party said
SL President rules out early elections, vows to crush anti-govt protests
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday rejected the opposition's demand for early parliamentary elections and vowed to use the military to crush any future anti-govt protests
Sri Lanka must use its ports for economic growth: President Wickremesinghe
Wickremesinghe said it was regrettable that the trilateral agreement with India and Japan to develop the ECT was scrapped
Wickremesinghe hopeful of resolving problems faced by ethnic Tamils
Wickremesinghe said that the government will appoint a committee to seek how best to integrate the Tamils of Hill Country origin further into the Sri Lankan society.
SL President Wickremesinghe expresses grief over Gujarat bridge collapse
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Monday expressed grief over a bridge collapse in Gujarat's Morbi city and extended his condolences to the victims and their families.
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Debt restructuring talks underway with IMF, India, China: Sri Lanka Prez
Sri Lanka has started debt restructuring talks with the IMF, India and China, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, exuding confidence that discussions will help the country overcome economic crisis
Lankan president issues gazette, revokes order on high security zones
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe issued an extraordinary gazette on Saturday, revoking last week's order that declared several key locations in Colombo as high security zones
