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The inception of China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Sri Lanka occurred during the tenure of Mahinda Rajapaksa. However, it was under the leadership of Ranil Wickremesinghe that Sri Lanka seized the opportunity to engage in the Chinese Belt and...

When a foreign journalist asked J.R. why he decided to sign the Indo-Lanka Pact, J.R. stated that he asked the US for assistance in fighting the war without fear of India's influence, but the US refused. It is clear from...

America was not impressed with the way Ranil suppressed the ‘aragalaya’ when he became president. That's why the American President did not congratulate Ranil even though he was a friend of America. But the wait-and-see approach shown by the US...

Ranil became President after Gotabhaya resigned, and when IMF representatives visited Sri Lanka, the people thought they had received Manna from heaven. Everyone in Sri Lanka believed that the IMF was the country's saviour. The people of Sri Lanka, regardless...

This is the first time that Ranil will attend the General Assembly as the President after attending the United Nations General Assembly in 2003 as the Prime Minister. Before going to the UN General Assembly, Ranil had made a big effort to...

Chinese president Xi Jinping visited Sri Lanka in 2014 September and entered into many agreements with then President Mahinda Rajapakse and issued a joint statement. A part of the Joint statement stated: ‘Sri Lanka welcomes and supports the proposal put...

Emperor Napoleon declared in the 18th century, "He who controls Trincomalee controls the Indian Ocean." In 1782, Emperor Napoleon dispatched a French army to capture Trincomalee port. But it failed. Although French President Macron visited Sri Lanka last Friday, it...

According to a weekend English newspaper, Indian Prime Minister Modi listened patiently to Ranil during his first visit to India as president, and said he couldn't give police powers if he implements the 13th constitutional amendment. Modi listened about Sri...

Nawaz Sheriff is a close friend of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa. While Premadasa was the President of Sri Lanka, Nawaz was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. When Premadasa was going to hold the SAARC conference in Sri Lanka, India decided...

President Ranil Wickramasinghe got restless following the court order on LG elections. Podujana Pereamuna MPs wrote to the speaker, requesting that the judges who rendered the verdict be brought to a parliamentary privilege committee. The opposition, the bar association, and...