Sri Lanka’s newly appointed Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena has said that the government is ready to listen to the demands of democratic public protesters. But he condemned the terrorist acts and called it the biggest threat to democracy.
Gunawardene, 73, an aide of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and school friend of newly elected President Ranil Wickremesinghe, took oath as Sri Lankan PM last week amid unprecedented economic and political crisis in the country. Was. On Wednesday, he said, the government is ready to listen to the protest of the people but terrorist acts are unacceptable.
He said that there may be different political ideologies but Parliament should work together to resolve the issues faced by the people. He described terrorism as the biggest threat to democracy.
Supreme Court halts Rajapaksa brothers’ foreign travel till August 2:
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court has restrained former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, former Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa and former Central Bank Governor Ajit Nivard Cabral from leaving the country till August 2. The foreign travel ban imposed on him till July 28 has been extended.
Singapore extends Rajapaksa’s travel pass by 14 days:
The Singapore government has extended the stay of former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa by 14 days in the country by issuing a new visa. According to a news in the media, the period of Rajapaksa’s travel pass has been extended till August 11. He left for Maldives on 13 July in view of the public outcry over not handling the country’s economy and from there reached Singapore on a private visit the next day.
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