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  1. 2 days ago · Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will certainly contest the presidential poll to seek re-election and will announce his candidacy in the next two weeks, a senior government minister said on Monday. Harin Fernando, the Tourism minister and a close ally of Wickremesinghe, said. “I can say with certainty that the President will contest."

  2. 1 day ago · The election is scheduled between September 17 and October 16. Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will certainly contest the presidential poll to seek re-election and will announce his candidacy in the next two weeks, a senior government minister said on Monday. Harin Fernando, the Tourism minister and a close ally of Wickremesinghe, said.

  3. 6 days ago · Mr Rajapaksa’s successor, President Ranil Wickremesinghe, introduced austerity measures including sharp tax hikes and sale of state-run assets like Sri Lankan Airlines. He also cracked down hard...

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  5. May 12, 2024 · Mahinda Rajapaksa stepped down as Prime Minister on May 9, 2022. Two days later, on May 11, Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed the role of the Prime Minister. On May 16, in his first address to the Nation as Prime Minister, he spoke of a “vine bridge”. “I have embarked on a perilous journey.

  6. Apr 30, 2024 · A majority of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) will join President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a broad alliance in support of his development agenda, State Minister of Foreign Affairs Tharaka Balasuriya said.

  7. May 10, 2024 · President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Founder of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Basil Rajapaksa met for their sixth round of talks on Thursday evening (May 09), discussing future political affairs. The SLPP stated that details of the meeting would be disclosed to the media on Friday (May 10).

  8. 6 days ago · President Ranil Wickremesinghe has concluded talks with the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) regarding the possibility of advancing parliamentary polls, ahead of the Presidential Election. The Presidential Poll is constitutionally scheduled to be held in Sept/Oct this year whereas the current Parliament can continue till next year.