Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Adds quotes, background, pars 3-9) COLOMBO, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling party on Thursday nominated its deputy leader, ...

President Premadasa leaving Rastrapati Bhavan after a lengthy press conference. It was packed to capacity with journalists of both the print and electronic media.2.10.1992 Ranasinghe Premadasa was the ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka's governing party on Thursday named its charismatic deputy leader, Sajith Premadasa, as its candidate in November's presidential election, ending a long tussle with ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s opposition leader said Thursday that if he wins the country's presidential race, he will renegotiate the International Monetary Fund economic reforms package to ...

Ranasinghe Premadasa, born on 23 June 1924 served as Sri Lanka's Prime Minister from 1978 to 1988 and as President from 1989 to 1993. The political ascendancy of Ranasinghe Premadasa (hereinafter ...

Colombo, Nov. 25 (Daily Mirror) - While stressing the need to promote English education in the country, Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa said today that former President Ranasinghe Premadasa ...

For three months in late 1990’s, American author and political activist Barbara Ehrenreich lived the life of a low-wage worker. She wanted to discover, first hand, how President Bill Clinton’s welfare ...

The leadership cannot be manufactured by media commentators. Sajith Premadasa’s decades of grueling grassroots battles ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's ruling party on Thursday nominated its deputy leader, Sajith Premadasa, to run in a presidential election on Nov. 16, a move that appeared intended to win over Buddhist ...