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This will be the first time that Zelenskyy addresses the Security Council since Russia's February 24 invasion of Ukraine.

TNA MP M.A. Sumanthiran told IANS that President Rajapaksa must listen to the people and leave his post. "People are demanding him to leave not to form a cabinet with the opposition parties," he said.

The proposal of Gulzar -- who laid down his robes on February 1, 2022 -- came after President Arif Alvi sent letters to Prime Minister Imran Khan and Leader of the Opposition in the National Assembly Shehbaz Sharif to seek suggestions for the appointment of a caretaker Prime Minister.

President Alvi, the Supreme Court Bar Association and all political parties have been made respondents in the case.

More ministers will be sworn into the cabinet in the coming days if the opposition parties agree to form a united government, government officials said.

Beijing based Global times said that New Delhi's insistence of maintaining strategic autonomy has put India in a "comfortable" situation.

The consignment forms part of the 300,000 tonnes of rice that will be shipped to Sri Lanka in the coming months.

Imran Khan continues to act as the Prime Minister on the basis of verbal instructions without written instructions.

The government declared a state of emergency after an angry mob surrounded the private residence of Rajapaksa on March 31.

But Kabul's Emergency Hospital said at least 57 injured persons had been evacuated from the site of the blast to the hospital, Pajhwok News reported.

The two brothers on Sunday met several political allies who demanded the removal of their younger brother and Finance Minister Basil Rajapasa who is blamed for current economic crisis.

"The curfew is illegal. There is no emergency situation to impose curfew. Do your duty to the people but not to one family," Premadasa told police and military who blocked him.

Another 28 Russian troops are in intensive care after the poisoning with several hundred others also suffering from 'severe illnesses' after drinking poisoned alcohol given to them by civilians, Daily Mail reported.

Dmitry Rogozin, the head of Russian space agency Roscosmos, posted on Twitter that the "restoration of normal relations between partners" on the ISS and other projects is only possible with the "complete and unconditional lifting of illegal sanctions".

The DG ISPR's comments came after President Arif Alvi approved the dissolution of the National Assembly (NA) on the advice of Prime Minister Imran Khan.