Tag: Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as the country’s acting president

Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was named acting president of Sri Lanka on Wednesday as its political and economic crisis deepened, is tantalisingly close to the pinnacle of power but may not ...

Sri Lanka’s parliament began voting Wednesday for a president to replace Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by angry protesters now bracing for a crackdown from ...

Sri Lankan prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has been appointed as the country’s acting president, speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana announced on Wednesday. In a statement broadcast on TV, Mr Abeywardena said ...