Ranil Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka’s former president Wickremesinghe allowed to post bail

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrives at the Magistrate’s Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Lahiru Harshana/File Photo

Former presidents back Sri Lanka’s jailed ex-leader

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe looks on as he sits in a prison bus in Colombo on Aug 22, 2025.

Sri Lanka ex-President Wickremesinghe hospitalised after arrest, media says

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted by prison and police officials as he leaves the Magistrate’s Court in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 22, 2025. REUTERS/Lahiru Harshana/File Photo

Sri Lanka ex-president rushed to intensive care after jailing

Sri Lanka’s jailed former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was rushed to intensive care at a state hospital on Aug 23.

Sri Lanka arrests former president Ranil Wickremesinghe in anti-corruption crackdown

(FILES) Sri Lanka's President and United National Party presidential candidate Ranil Wickremesinghe (C), waves to supporters after filing his nomination papers for the upcoming presidential elections, in Colombo on August 15, 2024. Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on August 22 for allegedly "misusing government funds", a senior police detective told AFP. Wickremesinghe was taken into custody after being questioned about a September 2023 visit to London to attend a ceremony for his wife at a British university while he was head of state, the officer said. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka president vows to end island’s ‘corrupt’ image

Self-avowed Marxist Anura Kumara Dissanayake dispensed with the usual elaborate military pageantry of jet flyovers and horse parades to mark the 1948 handover of power.

Sri Lanka president gets resounding mandate to drive forward recovery

Anura Kumara Dissanayake, the presidential candidate from National People's Power, addresses his supporters during an election campaign rally ahead of presidential election, on the outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Stringer

Polls close in first Sri Lanka election since economic collapse

A polling official collects candidate lists after the end of voting in Sri Lanka's presidential election in Galle on September 21, 2024. Cash-strapped Sri Lanka voted for its next president on September 21 in an effective referendum on an unpopular International Monetary Fund austerity plan enacted after the island nation's unprecedented financial crisis. (Photo by IDREES MOHAMMED / AFP)

Premadasa, son of slain Sri Lanka president, now in contest for same role

Sajith Premadasa, leader of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya party, addresses his supporters at an election campaign rally for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka August 22, 2024. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/ File Photo

Who are the five key candidates in Sri Lanka's presidential election?

FILE PHOTO: Sri Lanka's president Ranil Wickremesinghe gestures as he arrives at his final election campaign rally for the upcoming presidential election, scheduled for September 21, in Colombo, Sri Lanka September 18, 2024. REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte/File Photo

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.