Rajapaksa

Sri Lanka's leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation.

Namal Rajapaksa said he would hold talks with 92 parliamentarians who recently declared support for Ranil Wickremesinghe.

Months of food, petrol and pharmaceutical shortages brought widespread misery to the island nation this year.

Beliau tiba di Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Bandranaike (BIA) Colombo pada Jumaat sambil diiringi beberapa menteri dan ahli politik.

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled in July as protesters angry over the dire economic situation stormed his home and office, has returned to the country.

Court allows Basil Rajapaksa to travel overseas upon a request made by his counsel seeking permission to go for medical check-ups.

More than a quarter of the population of 22 million is now struggling to secure adequate, nutritious food, the United Nations says.

Bekas Presiden Sri Lanka, Gotabaya Rajapaksa yang melarikan diri ketika protes besar-besaran di negaranya pada Julai, dijangka pulang minggu depan.

Udayanga Weeratunga, a former Sri Lankan envoy to Russia who is related to Rajapaksa, said he will arrive in Sri Lanka on Aug. 24.

Wickremesinghe's office cited the president as saying at an event in the main city of Colombo that the emergency would lapse this week.

Rajapaksa is expected to stay temporarily in Thailand after fleeing Sri Lanka for Singapore on July 14.

Hundreds of Sri Lankans have attempted to escape an unprecedented economic meltdown by boarding fishing boats bound for Australia.

Thai authorities said Rajapaksa had no intention of seeking political asylum and would only stay temporarily.

Bekas Presiden Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa boleh masuk ke Thailand seperti yang diminta oleh kerajaan negaranya, tetapi untuk tempoh sementara.

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