Ranil Wickremesinghe
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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe arrives in India; cooperation on energy connectivity on agenda
India | Jul 20, 2023, 11:16 PM ISTMinistry of External Affairs official spokesperson Arindam Bagchi noted that Wickremesinghe's visit will further boost the multi-prolonged partnership between India and Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe to visit India from July 20-21- 1st tour after economic crisis
World | Jul 18, 2023, 05:35 PM ISTDuring the visit, President Wickremesinghe would meet President Droupadi Murmu and hold bilateral discussions with Prime Minister Modi and other Indian dignitaries on a range of issues of mutual interest, the ministry said.
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Sri Lanka wants to use Indian rupee as much as US dollar: President Wickremesinghe
World | Jul 15, 2023, 02:02 PM IST“The world is evolving and India is undergoing rapid development, particularly under Prime Minister Modi’s leadership”, Wickremesinghe noted.
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Muraleedharan calls on Sri Lankan Prez Wickremesinghe; assures India's support in economic recovery
World | Feb 04, 2023, 11:02 PM ISTInterestingly, the country is celebrating its 75th Independence Day on February 4, amid a series of allegations of spending over 300 million Sri Lankan rupees at a time when the country is already seeking assistance from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).
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Sri Lanka’s economic growth in 2022 stood at minus 11 per cent: President Wickremesinghe
World | Jan 28, 2023, 11:55 PM ISTWickremesinghe, who also holds the finance ministry portfolio, said that in 2022 overall economic growth was larger than expected at - 8 per cent and in 2023 the growth rate could hover somewhere around - 3.5 per cent to - 4 per cent.
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IMF meets Sri Lankan President to begin talks for bailout package
World | Aug 24, 2022, 09:08 PM ISTSri Lanka economic crisis: In its latest assessment, the World Bank has said that Sri Lanka has been ranked 5th with the highest food price inflation in the world.
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China not allowed to use Hambantota Port for military purposes: Sri Lankan President Wickremesinghe
World | Aug 16, 2022, 08:46 PM ISTSri Lanka can be said to have fallen into a debt trap, sinking deeply into debt before effectively handing over the port’s control to China
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President Wickremesinghe thanks India for gifting Dornier aircraft to Sri Lankan Navy
World | Aug 15, 2022, 08:07 PM ISTThe Indian UN representative then V Krishna Menon had helped Wickremesinghe’s father who was then working on behalf of the Sri Lankan government to obtain UN membership.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Ranil Wickremesinghe urges parties to find ways to repay loans
World | Dec 16, 2022, 03:39 PM ISTSri Lanka crisis: He further said that there is no point in blaming former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the economic crisis but rather urged all political parties to come together to take the country out of the economic mess and repay the debt.
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President Murmu felicitates Sri Lankan counterpart Wickremesinghe; hopes for stronger bilateral ties
India | Jul 29, 2022, 09:54 PM ISTPresident Droupadi Murmu felicitates Wickremesin: Murmu took over as India’s 15th president, the country’s first tribal head of state and the second woman in the post.
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Dinesh Gunawardena takes oath as new Prime Minister of Sri Lanka
World | Jul 22, 2022, 10:49 AM ISTSri Lanka crisis: Gunawardena's election as Prime Minister comes amid economic turmoil in Sri Lanka, and people protesting against it. On Thursday, Ranil Wickremesinghe was inducted as the President of Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Rajapaksa to formally resign today, celebrations break out in Colombo
World | Jul 15, 2022, 06:19 AM ISTSri Lanka crisis: Wickremesinghe declared an emergency and imposed a curfew in the western province of the country on July 13 as protesters came prepared to face tear gas shelling.
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Sri Lanka crisis: Opposition parties to meet today over formation of all-party government
World | Jul 10, 2022, 05:19 PM ISTSri Lanka crisis: The meeting of the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balavegaya (SJB) and its constituent parties will be attended by leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa, leader of Sri Lanka Muslim Congress Rauff Hakeem and some more leaders.
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Sri Lankan Prime Minister Wickremesinghe's private residence in Colombo set on fire by protestors
World | Jul 09, 2022, 10:31 PM ISTSri Lanka crisis: The incident came hours after Wickremesinghe offered to resign to make way for an all-party government, as protests intensified in the country for the resignation of the government led by President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.
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Lanka’s controversial 21st Amendment to Constitution tabled before Cabinet: PM Wickremesinghe
India | May 24, 2022, 02:00 AM ISTThe constitutional reform was a major plank of the agreement between Rajapaksa and Wickremesinghe when he took over the job of the prime minister on May 12.
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Sri Lanka welcomes G7 announcement in securing debt relief: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
World | May 20, 2022, 03:48 PM ISTSri Lanka is currently facing an acute shortage of foreign exchange that led to an increase in prices and a shortage of vehicular fuel, cooking gas, food, and thermal fuel for electricity production.
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Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe resigns after election debacle
World | Nov 20, 2019, 05:40 PM ISTSri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe resigned on Thursday, days after the ruling party's candidate lost the presidential election to Gotabhaya Rajapaksa.
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Strongly oppose capital punishment: Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
World | Jun 30, 2019, 08:41 PM ISTSirisena said on Wednesday he was committed to bringing back capital punishment for drug offenders, months after vowing a tougher line on spiraling narcotics-related crime.
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For the first time since independence Sri Lanka has a govt with no Muslim ministers: PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
World | Jun 04, 2019, 11:21 PM ISTFor the first time, Sri Lanka has a government which has no ministers from the Muslim community, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Tuesday.
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Police didn't arrest citizens who joined IS, joining foreign terror outfit not against law: Ranil Wickremesinghe
World | Apr 26, 2019, 10:46 AM ISTThe Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the Easter terror attacks on three Catholic churches and three luxury hotels that claimed 253 lives but the government has blamed a local Islamist extremist group National Tawheed Jamath (NTJ) for the bombings.