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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.

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.

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.

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter, according to two sources.

The brothers of former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa are widely blamed for the current economic crisis in the island nation.

Wickremesinghe has remained in contact with Rajapaksa to deal with administrative handover issues and other government business.

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