Wickremasinghe

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  Sri Lanka President Seeks India's Help With Governance, Policy Reforms

  Sri Lanka's President Ranil Wickremesinghe sought India's help in establishing policy reforms, governance, capacity building, digitalization, and public service delivery.

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  Sri Lanka Crisis: Economic Promise To Going Bust In 10 Points

  Sri Lanka's economic crisis continues to worsen. PM Ranil Wickremasinghe on Monday warned that the "next couple of months will be the most difficult". However, the ongoing crisis has been in the making for a few years now.

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  Will Never Reappoint Ranil Wickremesinghe As PM: Sri Lanka President

  President Maithripala Sirisena today reignited the power struggle that has crippled Sri Lanka's government for more than a month, vowing never to reappoint arch-rival Ranil Wickremesinghe as prime minister. Wickremesinghe's party has a majority in parliament and Sirisena's bid to bring back the country's former strongman Mahinda Rajapakse has alrea...

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  Will Form New Political Alliance To Fight Elections: Ranil Wickremesinghe

  Sri Lanka's ousted prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe announced on Monday that he will forge a new political alliance to fight the January 5 general elections even as he dismissed President Maithripala Sirisena's justification for dissolving Parliament.

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  Sri Lanka's Main Party To Vote Against Mahinda Rajapaksa In No-Trust Motion

  Sri Lanka's main Tamil party - Tamil National Alliance - on Saturday said it will support a no-trust motion against newly appointed Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, amid mounting pressure on President Maithripala Sirisena to let the suspended parliament hold a vote to end the political crisis.

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  Joint Statement by PM Modi and Sri Lankan Premier Wickremasinghe

  Joint Statement by PM Modi and Sri Lankan Premier Wickremasinghe

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  Ranil Wickremesinghe to Return as Sri Lankan Prime Minister

  Incumbent Ranil Wickremesinghe is set to take oath as Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister of a unity government today after his United National Party (UNP) appears close to a simple majority, with rival Mahinda Rajapaksa admitting defeat in the closely contested parliamentary polls.

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  Sri Lanka Alleges 'Billions' Lost in Corruption at National Carrier

  Sri Lanka's new government has ordered a criminal investigation into alleged corruption at the state-run national airline that it says involved "billions of dollars".

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  'Sri Lankan Navy Has the Right to Shoot Anyone Entering Its Waters': PM Ranil Wickremasinghe to NDTV

  Sri Lanka and India are working to resolve the fishermen's issue, but the country's navy has the right to shoot anyone who intrudes into their territorial waters, Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has told NDTV.

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  Indian Spy's Role Alleged in Sri Lankan President's Election Defeat: Report

  Sri Lanka expelled the Colombo station chief of India's spy agency in the run-up to this month's presidential election, political and intelligence sources said, accusing him of helping the Opposition oust President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

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  Mahinda Rajapaksa Played China Against India, Says Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe

  In his first television interview since the results of the elections, Sri Lanka's new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe told NDTV that his government will redress the pro-China tilt of the Rajapaksa regime

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  Sri Lanka Opposition demands Fonseka's release

  Sri Lanka's Opposition leader Ranil Wickremasinghe on Friday asked President Mahinda Rajapaksa to release the Gen Sarath Fonseka immediately and expressed his willingness to meet the detained former Army Chief.