At the primary international airport, Gotabaya Rajapaksa was greeted with flowers by a welcoming party of ministers and MPs.
An airport official said that former president of Sri Lanka Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived back in the nation on Friday, seven weeks after fleeing in the face of angry protests over the island's worst-ever economic crisis.
The official stated that Rajapaksa, 73, had arrived from Bangkok through Singapore and was greeted with flowers by a welcoming party of ministers and lawmakers when he disembarked at the main international airport.