#ranil-wickremesinghe

[ follow ]
#sri-lanka #bail #misuse-of-state-funds #protests #corruption-allegations #political-transition #corruption
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 week ago

Sri Lanka's ex-President Wickremesinghe granted bail in embezzlement case

Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe was granted bail on a 5-million-rupee ($16,600) bond after arrest over alleged misuse of state funds related to a 2023 UK visit.
#sri-lanka
fromwww.dw.com
1 week ago
World news

Sri Lanka: Ex-president's arrest sparks corruption debate DW 08/25/2025

Former Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe was arrested over alleged misuse of state funds and hospitalized; successor Anura Kumara Dissanayake's administration received mixed reactions.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
World news

Former Sri Lankan president admitted to hospital after arrest

Former president Ranil Wickremesinghe was remanded on charges of using public funds for his wife's UK trip and hospitalised for acute dehydration and related conditions.
more#sri-lanka
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 weeks ago

Former Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe arrested

Sri Lanka's anticorruption units have led a crackdown since President Anura Kumara Dissanayake came to power in September on a promise to fight corruption. A Wickremesinghe ally from his United National Party (UNP) proclaimed his innocence and suggested the case was politically motivated. Ranil Wickremesinghe has never misused public funds or state funds, UNP member Nishantha Sri Warnasinghe told reporters outside the court complex in Colombo where the former president appeared.
World news
[ Load more ]