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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sri Lanka is attempting to sustain economic growth while maintaining macroeconomic stability under the IMF program it began in 2016. The government's high debt payments and bloated civil service, ...

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 was arrested on Friday in connection with an investigation into alleged misuse of government funds, a senior police official confirmed to AFP. Police ...

Sri Lanka’s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe has been arrested over alleged misuse of state funds for personal travel, police said. Wickremesinghe, 76, who served as president from 2022 to 2024 ...

Wickremesinghe was charged under the Public Property Act and two counts of the penal code Sri Lanka's former president Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted to his seat in a prison bus in Colombo on August ...