Sri Lanka’s Parliament voted Wednesday to elect six-time Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe as president after the country's previous leader fled the country amid protests over an major economic ...

Ranil Wickremesinghe was charged with misusing state funds for a private UK trip in 2023 He faces up to 20 years in jail and fines up to three times the 16.6 million rupees involved Opposition claims ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe leaves the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption, after ...

In a significant development, former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe on Tuesday was granted bail after he was named a suspect in an ongoing investigation into the alleged misuse of public ...

Legal Proceedings Against Wickremesinghe In Colombo, former President of Sri Lanka, Ranil Wickremesinghe, along with his ...

He was taken to the main Magazine Remand prison close to midnight on Friday After the arrest, he was admitted to the prison hospital before being transferred to the National Hospital ICU A Sri Lankan ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s interim president Friday until Parliament elects a successor to Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who resigned after mass ...

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested and appeared in court over allegations he misused state funds while in office, police say. Wickremesinghe, 76, who led the country ...