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Gotabaya Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka's ousted former president returns

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 Sri Lanka's previous president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who escaped abroad after mass fights in July, has gotten back to the country. Mr Rajapaksa had been remaining in Thailand on an impermanent visa and flew back home through Singapore. A few Sri Lankan clergymen are accounted for to have met him at the air terminal. Sri Lankans fault his administration for the island's most awful monetary emergency ever. A breakdown in unfamiliar money prompted critical deficiencies of food and fuel. Fights started in April, following a sharp expansion in food and fuel costs. A huge number of individuals from varying backgrounds and all networks partook in the to a great extent quiet fights requesting the renunciation of Mr Rajapaksa and his senior sibling Mahinda, the then head of the state who quit in May. Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (C) addresses the country alongside Army Commander Shavendra Silva (L), Navy Chief Nishantha Ulugetenne (2L) and Airforce Chief Sudarshana Pathir...

Bus fare cap: England charges to be held at £2 for three months

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 Transport ventures in England will be covered at £2 from January to March one year from now in a bid to facilitate the increasing cost for many everyday items, the public authority has said. The £60m plan could see a few travelers save more than £3 per single transport ticket, as indicated by the Department for Transport (DfT). Transport secretary Grant Shapps said the move will give "direct assistance" to huge number of families. Yet, Labor said the arrangement "neglects to match the size of the emergency". In the mean time, from Sunday, single transport passages will be covered at £2 in the Greater Manchester and West Yorkshire districts as a component of longer-term plans. Nearby transport admissions in England, for the quarter January to March 2022, expanded by 3.6% when contrasted with a similar period in 2021.. A typical transport charge for a three-mile venture right now remains at around £2.80, meaning the new value cap would save travelers 30% of the value...