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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

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

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.

'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

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

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

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

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

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

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.Gunawardena, parliamentarian of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party, took his oath in the capital Colombo in the presence of other senior legislators.Along with Prime Ministership, Gunawardena has additional charge of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Council, and Local Government.Other ministers included: Douglas Devananda (Fisheries), Susil Premajayantha (Education), Bandula Gunawardena (Transport & Highways, and Media), Keheliya Rambukwella (Health and Water Supply), Mahinda Amaraweera (Agriculture, Wildlife, and Forest Conservations), Wijeyadasa Rajapakshe (Justice, Prisons, and Constitutional Reforms), Harin Fernando (Tourism and Lands), Ramesh Pathirana (Plantations and Industries), Prasanna Ranatunga (Urban Development and Housing), and Ali Sabry (External Affairs).Vidura Wickramanayake (Buddha Sasana, .

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

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

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