More than three decades after Sri Lanka's former president Ranasinghe Premadasa was assassinated by a suicide bomber in May 1993, an old photo of him resurfaced in social media posts alongside a ...

Premadasa, 57, studied at the London School of Economics and entered politics after his father, Ranasinghe Premadasa, was killed in a suicide bombing during a May Day rally in 1993.

A military funeral was held on the evening of June 15, 2025, at the new crematorium of the General Cemetery, Borella, to bid ...

Sajith Premadasa founded the populist Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) after breaking away from Wikremesinghe’s UNP. Premadasa, son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, is the current leader of ...

Commemoration of the death of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa was held at his statue near the Hulftsdorp Courts Complex in Colombo. President Premadasa was killed in a bomb attack during a May ...

Premadasa, the 57-year-old son of the slain President Ranasinghe Premadasa, also pledged to renegotiate the contours of the IMF deal. About 75 percent of the 17 million eligible voters cast their ...

Premadasa, 57, is the son of a former president late Ranasinghe Premadasa, who was assassinated by an ethnic Tamil separatist suicide bomber in 1993.

SAJITH PREMADASA, 57. Opposition leader and son of former President Ranasinghe Premadasa, he leads the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) that broke with Wickremesinghe's UNP in 2020.