Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Disanayaka will arrive in India on Tuesday to participate in the India AI Impact Summit 2026, as per the High Commissioner to Sri Lanka in India, Mahishini Colonne, who described the summit as the first of its kind to be hosted in the Global South.
Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday was granted bail after being named a suspect in an ongoing investigation into the alleged misuse of public funds for a private overseas trip involving ten individuals, Daily Mirror Online reported.
Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday on allegations of state funds' misuse to cover the expenses for a private visit to London, where he had attended a university graduation ceremony.
Narayan said that Wickremesinghe was arrested as a means for Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to show that he was a powerful person who was capable of doing it.
"I expect to have much closer relations, and that we've been talking of many connectivity projects, other projects that we can now start actually agreeing and implementing it. We have to operationalise the agreement. I hope that will be the case when Prime Minister Modi is here," Wickreme
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Bangkok from April 3 to 4 to participate in the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, hosted by Thailand, the current BIMSTEC Chair, and for an official visit.
Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting L Murugan welcomed Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake in Delhi for his three-day state visit to India.