During his tenure, the incumbent Japanese Ambassador worked with three different Sri Lankan administrations—those of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, and the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka--Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation ...

It was not clear whether President Ranil Wickremesinghe's comment signalled a possible delay in the process. He was speaking as he began a meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the ...

One of the key factors that propelled President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and the National People’s Power (NPP) to power last month was the focus on corruption and the pledge to curb, if not eliminate, ...

Japan and India -- which is the requisite for Colombo to get the bailout package. President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is also the finance minister, had presented the budget on November 14 ...

Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who ...

Don’t worry: It’s general enough to apply to the rest of Japan. But for busy people, here’s a summary of things you should know about what to do before, during and after an earthquake in Japan.

In a crowded field of 38 candidates, all eyes are on three men: incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe and his ... of countries including India and Japan in June. In a last-minute agreement ...

Japanese child’s fatal stabbing in China is an ‘isolated case’, Beijing says Prime Minister Fumio Kishida says Tokyo views child’s death ‘as a serious and grave matter’ and urges ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe in a televised address to the nation announced that the country had reached agreements with ...