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Anura Dissanayake to be Sri Lanka's new president, early trends show
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
As per the last trends, Dissanayake has got 49.8 per cent votes while Sajith Premadasa, leader of Samagi Jana Balawegaya, got 25.8% of the votes, followed by the incumbent president and leader of the United National Party, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who mustered 16.4% of the votes.
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Sri Lanka to hold Presidential election on Saturday
Updated : 1 year, 5 months ago IST
Sri Lankans head to the polls this Saturday to choose the country's 10th president, marking the nation's first presidential election since the devastating economic crisis of 2022
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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe announces candidacy for presiden
Updated : 1 year, 7 months ago IST
Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced his candidacy for the upcoming presidential election set to be held on September 21.
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Expected to reach an agreement to solve ethnic conflict by year-end: Sri L
Updated : 2 years, 10 months ago IST
Addressing the United National Party May Day celebrations on Monday, Wickremesinghe said that he expected to reach an agreement by the end of the year to solve the ethnic problem that has been a long-standing issue in the country.
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SLFP will support formation of new govt: Former Sri Lankan President infor
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) Leader Maithripala Sirisena on Sunday in a letter to newly appointed Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said that his party will support the formation of a new government with the Prime Minister.
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Sri Lankan PM calls on Oppn leader Premadasa to join hands, form non-parti
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 15 (ANI): Sri Lankan Prime Minister and United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe invited opposition leader Sajith Premadasa and his party to form a non-partisan government that goes beyond traditional parliamentary politics.
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Ranil Wickremesinghe returns as Sri Lankan PM with promise to resolve econ
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Ranil Wickremesinghe, the leader of the United National Party (UNP) of Sri Lanka, took over as the country's Prime Minister for a record sixth term on Thursday to restore stability in the island nation in the midst of a political impasse and unprecedente
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India reiterates commitment to Sri Lankan people after Ranil Wickremesingh
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): India's commitment to the people of Sri Lanka will continue, said Indian High Commission in Colombo on Thursday shortly after Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa appointed leader of the United National Party Ranil Wickremesinghe as the prime minister on
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Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader Ranil Wickremesinghe was on Thursday sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka amid the worst economic crisis faced by the country that has seen violent anti-government protests.
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Will devise strategy soon if Ranil Wickramasinghe will become Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 12 (ANI): Underlining that Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) is the largest opposition party in the country, Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Sajith Premadasa on Thursday said that his party will "devise a strategy" if United National Party (UNI) leader Ranil Wickramasing
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Complete system change needed with help of youth, says former Sri Lanka PM
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], May 8 (ANI): Amid the economic crisis in the country, Ranil Wickremesinghe, Sri Lanka's former Prime Minister and leader of the United National Party, said in a meeting on Saturday that Sri Lanka requires a complete system change with the help of the nation's youth.
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Former PM Wickremesinghe predicts food crisis in Sri Lanka
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], April 24 (ANI): United National Party (UNP) leader and former Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has predicted food shortage in Sri Lanka as the Indian credit facility given for fuel will end by the first week of May and demanded the Rajapaksa government's resignation.
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