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It was the first time after 18 years a Sri Lankan leader met the US leader in the White House. [35] [36] This visit was primarily focused on building new relationships based on economical links between United States and Sri
Apr 28, 2015 · With the heavy protests from his own political supporters, mainly by racist Bhikkus, who did not know head or tail of what Buddha preached, he tore the agreement in front of his house. If this was implemented we would not have seen the 30-year long war.
Jul 20, 2022 · From presiding over the remains of the United National Party (UNP) after a stunning election defeat in which it failed to win a single seat to becoming President of his country, Ranil Wickremesinghe’s fortunes have changed dramatically in this history-making year in Sri Lanka.
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Jul 20, 2022 · Protesters storm Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka and demand his resignation, after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled the economic and political crisis for the Maldives.
Jul 20, 2022 · In 1994, he became leader of the UNP when Gamini Dissanayake was killed by suspected rebels of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. He himself narrowly escaped an...
In 2002, Ranil Wickremesinghe visited the White House to meet George W. Bush, the then President of the United States of America, to gather the U. S. support in the war against the LTTE. He became the first Prime Minister of Sri Lanka since 1984 to meet the President of the United States.
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Jul 20, 2022 · Although Wickremesinghe is backed by the country’s ruling coalition led by the nationalist Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP), demonstrators had already been calling on Wickremesinghe to step...