{"id":143561,"date":"2024-08-18T16:12:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/?p=143561"},"modified":"2024-08-18T16:12:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-18T23:12:21","slug":"sajith-premadasa-promises-to-recover-countrys-economy-through-foreign-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/2024\/08\/18\/sajith-premadasa-promises-to-recover-countrys-economy-through-foreign-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Sajith Premadasa promises to recover country\u2019s economy through foreign aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><em>Courtesy Adaderana<\/em><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Samagi Jana Balawegaya\u2019s (SJB) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa says that he will be initiating a recovery program for the country\u2019s economy with the help of foreign aid after his presidential election victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking at a public rally in Bandaragama, he highlighted that true development means the welfare and development of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\u0dc3\u0da2\u0dd2\u0dad\u0dca \u0dbb\u0da7 \u0d9c\u0ddc\u0da9\u0daf\u0dcf\u0db1 \u0dc0\u0dd2\u0daf\u0dd2\u0dba.... &quot;\u0d89\u0dbd\u0d9a\u0dca\u0d9a\u0db8\u0dca \u0d89\u0daf\u0dd2\u0dbb\u0dd2\u0db4\u0dad\u0dca \u0d9a\u0dc5\u0dcf\u0da7 \u0dc0\u0dd0\u0da9\u0d9a\u0dca \u0db1\u0dd1..&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BHKhvkeJ64Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For us, the development means the development of 2.2 million people in this country, not just statistics\u201d, said Premadasa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He further criticized the current government for its focus on personal gains while neglecting the needs of 22 million citizens who are struggling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the election approaches, they make misleading promises, attempting to deceive the populace. It is not impossible to deceive the people of the country at the moment\u201d, he added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Support us in creating a new era of development for everyone. We are committed to addressing and resolving the country\u2019s issues with the help of foreign aid\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Courtesy Adaderana Samagi Jana Balawegaya\u2019s (SJB) presidential candidate Sajith Premadasa says that he will be initiating a recovery program for the country\u2019s economy with the help of foreign aid after his presidential election victory. Speaking at a public rally in Bandaragama, he highlighted that true development means the welfare and development of the people. For [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,203],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sajith-premadasa","category-samagi-jana-balawegaya"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=143561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143561\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=143561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=143561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lankaweb.com\/news\/items\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=143561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}