In April 2022, the Sri Lankan government announced that it was defaulting on its debt for the first time since independence.
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s right-wing President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who seeks re-election this week, describes himself as the ...
During the meeting, he handed over official documents to the school principal ... leaders like Gamini Dissanayake, J.R. Jayewardene, Ranasinghe Premadasa, and Lalith Athulathmudali, alongside myself, ...
Wickremesinghe leads the United National Party (UNP), but has presented ... Months later, UNP head Gamini Dissanayake was assassinated during his presidential campaign, and Wickremesinghe returned ...
Anura Kumara Dissanayake, has been elected as Sri Lanka's next President after the first elections since the country's ...
Marxist lawmaker Anura Kumara Dissanayake has won Sri Lanka’s presidential election as voters rejected the old political ...