Mar 02, Singapore: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe met with Singapore’s Minister of Trade and Industry, S. Eswaran at the Four Seasons Hotel in Singapore today (02) for discussions on strengthening the bilateral trade and investments. During the discussion both the Sri Lankan …
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe left for Singapore this afternoon with a delegation of six members to attend the ‘Invest Sri Lanka‘ forum organized by the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE). A statement issued from the Prime Minister’s office yesterday said Mr. Wickremesinghe was due to deliver the …
Sri Lanka’s prime minister took over the key law and order ministry Sunday as part of a cabinet reshuffle, after a local election defeat sparked calls for his resignation.
Sri Lanka’s prime minister took over the key law and order ministry Sunday as part of a cabinet reshuffle, after a local election defeat sparked calls for his resignation. Premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in to the ministerial post Sunday, a week after the minister in charge of the police, Sagala …
Beleaguered Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe yesterday said he has cancelled a planned visit to India due to the ongoing political crisis in … Wickremesinghe’s centre-right United National Party (UNP) and President Maithripala Sirisena’s centre-left Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) were …
ECONOMYNEXT – A last ditch attempt by President Maithripala Sirisena to oust Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has failed due to a constitutional hurdle and more significantly the lack of parliamentary support, sources close to both sides said. Presi…
COLOMBO, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) — Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Friday ended days of silence, saying the unity government between the United National Party (UNP) and the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) would continue and he would continue…
The parliamentarian revealed this speaking to media after having discussions with President Maithripala Sirisena. He also said that although the Joint Opposition would support the formation of a Sri Lanka Freedom Party led UPFA government, they would n…
Cabinet Spokesman Rajitha Senaratne said today former president Mahinda Rajapaksa had asked Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe over the phone not to resign from the premiership. He told the weekly Cabinet briefing that Mr. Rajapaksa had told the Premi…
The United People’s Freedom Alliance (UPFA) has proposed the name of Transport Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva as the new Prime Minister, a Minister said yesterday. Sports Minister Dayasiri Jayasekara told Daily Mirror that the UPFA had decided to put forward Mr. de Silva’s name for the PM post in …