Sri Lanka crisis: ex-finance minister Basil Rajapaksa stopped from leaving country
Colombo, Jul 12 (PTI) Basil Rajapaksa, Sri Lanka's former finance minister and younger brother of embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was turned back at Colombo airport on Tuesday as he attempted to leave the country through the VIP terminal, an immigration officer said, amid mounting anger against the powerful family for mishandling the worst economic crisis.