<a href="https://www.thedailystar.net/news/asia/south-asia/news/rajapaksa-ally-elected-lanka-president-3075371" hreflang="en">Rajapaksa ally elected Lanka president</a>

2026-01-26 - 14:14

Six-time prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was elected as crisis-wracked Sri Lanka’s new president by the country’s parliament yesterday, with the backing of the party of the ex-leader -- who fled abroad after his palace was stormed by protesters.