Ranil Wickremesinghe

On Friday, he appointed a classmate and ally of Rajapaksa, Dinesh Gunawardena, to be his prime minister.

The protests forced out former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa last week.

Veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe was sworn in as Sri Lanka’s new president Thursday to take charge of a nation

Sri Lanka’s Parliament will vote by secret ballot Wednesday for a new president to lead the country out of the deep political

The leader of Sri Lanka’s main opposition party withdrew his candidacy for president on Tuesday

President Ranil Wickremesinghe cites the need to uphold public order

Sri Lanka’s president fled the country early Wednesday, slipping away only hours before he promised to step down under pressure from protesters angry over economic chaos.

Sri Lanka’s lawmakers agreed to elect a new president next week.

As Sri Lanka’s crisis peaked this weekend, two men in the centre of the turmoil brought about by the country’s economic collapse promised they would heed the call of tens of thousands of angry protesters and resign

Sri Lanka Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced that he will resign from his post in order to ensure the continuation of the government