Ranil Wickremesinghe made history in Sri Lanka by becoming the first ever ex-president to be arrested. He is facing charges for alleged misuse of public funds. The arrest of former Sri Lankan ...

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, recently jailed and charged with misusing government funds, was admitted to the ICU due to severe dehydration and pre-existing conditions like ...

Aug. 22 (UPI) --Sri Lanka's former president was arrested Friday for the alleged misuse of public funds, police said. Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capitol, while giving ...

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested and appeared in court over allegations he misused state funds while in office, police say. Wickremesinghe, 76, who led the country ...

A Sri Lankan court has granted bail to former President Ranil Wickremesinghe, who was arrested last week over allegations that he misused state funds while in office. Wickremesinghe, 76, joined the ...

An infant’s feeding bottle is among the items found at the Chemmani mass grave site in Sri Lanka’s Jaffna peninsula. Credit: X/Tamil Genocide Education Project Ongoing excavations at the mass grave ...

Sri Lanka Ex-President Wickremesinghe Hospitalised After Arrest, Media Says (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's jailed former president, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was hospitalised on Saturday, local media reported, a ...

Wickremesinghe arrested over alleged misuse of state funds Arrest linked to UK trip for wife's university event, media say Party ally rejects accusations against former president Wickremesinghe was PM ...

Fifteen people have been killed in Sri Lanka after a passenger bus veered off a 1,000ft cliff. A further 16 people have been injured, including five children, a police spokesman said. The crash took ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested on Friday (Aug 22) for allegedly "misusing government funds", a senior police detective told AFP. Wickremesinghe was taken into ...

Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested in connection with the alleged misuse of funds, police have said. He faces three charges related to trips he took abroad while ...

The ex-leader, Ranil Wickremesinghe, was arrested amid government investigations into widespread bribery and graft. By Pamodi Waravita and Anupreeta Das A former Sri Lankan president who helped to ...