Page 3 - Latest Updates on Ranil Wickremesinghe
Lankans bide time as new govt scrambles to find solutions for economic woes
Sri Lankans who have endured months of fuel and food shortages are bracing for more pain as a newly installed government scrambles to find solutions to the Indian Ocean nation's economic emergency
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3 more arrested for torching Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo
3 more persons arrested for allegedly torching Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's private residence during last month's anti-government protests, taking the total number of arrests to 7
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Sri Lankan President believes 'not right time' for Gotabaya to return
It is not the right time for Gotabaya Rajapaksa to return to Sri Lanka as his presence here could inflame political tensions in the country, says current Lankan President.
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'No home to go': Sri Lanka's Prez Wickremesinghe on protestors threat
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Sunday said that there is no point in demanding that he "goes home" as he has no home to go to while referring to the threats received from the protestors
 "'No home to go': Sri Lanka's Prez Wickremesinghe on protestors threat")
Lanka Prez urges parties to find ways to repay loan as IMF deal delayed
Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the unrest had delayed a possible deal with the International Monetary Fund to help pull the bankrupt nation out of its economic crisis
Prez Wickremesinghe invites Sri Lankan parties to form national government
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has written to MPs, inviting them to form an all-party national government to help the bankrupt country to recover from the worst economic crisis
Sri Lankan President prorogues Parliament with effect from midnight
The prorogation means all current business before the House are suspended and all proceedings pending at the time are quashed except impeachments.
SL Prez says his govt will focus on fixing economy, ending fuel shortage
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government's main priorities are to fix the country's ailing economy and end the fuel shortage that has exacerbated after the last shipment
Here's what to expect in crisis hit-Sri Lanka with a new president in power
Ranil Wickremesinghe told reporters last week that he was no ally of Rajapaksa and his family, who led the nation for most of this decade
 "Here's what to expect in crisis hit-Sri Lanka with a new president in power")
Amid international flak, SL President reaffirms rights to peaceful protest
Amidst international condemnation of violent attacks on protestors, Sri Lankan President has reaffiremed the right to peaceful protests in the country
Lanka protest site untouched, Wickremesinghe tells diplomatic community
Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reaffirmed his commitment to uphold the rights of peaceful and non-violent assembly
Sri Lanka Prez Wickremesinghe may expand Cabinet to include all parties
Sri Lanka's newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe is likely to expand his Cabinet to accommodate all opposition parties in the government, according to a senior minister
Sri Lanka Cabinet discusses ways to normalise situation within one week
Sri Lanka's Cabinet has met for the first time under newly-elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe and discussed ways to normalise the situation in the economic-crisis hit country within a week
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Live news updates: Lanka prez may expand Cabinet to include all parties
Live news updates: Wickremesinghe on Friday appointed an 18-member Cabinet that included Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena
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Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as new Sri Lankan PM, 17 ministers take oath
Dinesh Gunawardena was sworn in as the prime minister of Sri Lanka by President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday along with 17 other cabinet ministers.
 "Dinesh Gunawardena sworn in as new Sri Lankan PM, 17 ministers take oath")
Anti-government protesters vacate President's Secretariat in Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan security forces removed a group of anti-government protesters after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as the country's new head of state
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Dinesh Gunawardena likely to be Sri Lanka's next Prime Minister
Mr. Wickremesinghe will continue with the last-appointed Cabinet until Opposition parties are "ready to cooperate" in an all-party government, the source said
Since Jan, over 150,000 people left Sri Lanka for jobs abroad amid crisis
Amid uncertainty, Sri Lankans are lining up at the passport office in Colombo to get a new passport or get their old one renewed, desperate for a way out of the crisis-marred country
 "Since Jan, over 150,000 people left Sri Lanka for jobs abroad amid crisis")
SL's new Prez Wickremesinghe says he is not a 'friend' of Rajapaksas
"I am not a friend of the Rajapaksas, I am a friend of the people," President Ranil Wickremesinghe has told Sri Lankans, pledging to bring in the much-needed system change they are yearning for
Ranil Wickremesinghe: From PM to President in Sri Lanka's troubled times
Ranil Wickremesinghe, appointed as Prime Minister in May to deal with Sri Lanka's worst crisis, faces new challenges to fix a collapsed economy, end political turmoil and unite deeply divided country
