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The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan PM thanks Stalin for sending aid

Materials will be given to the needy

The Hindu

Ship carrying relief materials from India for Sri Lankan people reaches Colombo

"More consignments from #India to follow."

The Hindu

The Observer view on the growing crisis in Sri Lanka

As western countries retreat from international aid, China is poised to swoop with its ‘belt and road’ programme

The Guardian - UK

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Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis

The Bank of England governor warned last week of ‘apocalyptic’ food price rises. Yet war in Ukraine, climate change and inflation are already taking their toll all over the world

The Guardian - UK

India supplies another 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Meanwhile, Japan has also announced its decision to provide $1.5 million through the World Food Programme for essential food rations

The Hindu

Bangladesh must defy injuries to win decisive Sri Lanka Test

Dhaka (AFP) - Hosts Bangladesh hope that team spirit will propel them to victory in the series-deciding second Test against Sri Lanka from Monday with their four frontline bowlers all out injured.

AFP

Two ‘Illegal Boats’ Were Apparently Intercepted Entering Aus Today And The Timing Is … Curious

Unsolicited pro-Liberal texts about an "illegal boat" from Sri Lanka intercepted by Australian Border Force have been sent to voters.

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Sri Lanka crisis: Refugees in Tamil Nadu were dreaming of returning to their island nation

Life in Tamil Nadu is fairly secure, but it is the ‘refugee tag’ that prompts Sri Lankan Tamils to consider returning home

The Hindu

Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirms unauthorised vessel from Sri Lanka has been intercepted

The Prime Minister has used his last appearance before voting closes to confirm an unauthorised vessel from Sri Lanka has been intercepted on its way to Australia.

ABC News

The neighbourhood in turmoil, lessons for India

The impact of the changes on Indian policy will offer New Delhi a better understanding of future domestic challenges

The Hindu

Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike

Forty-two hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by UK military

The Guardian - UK

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka expands cabinet, but no finance minister

Colombo (AFP) - Cash-strapped Sri Lanka appointed nine more ministers Friday to an "all-party government" tasked with trying to steer the country out of its economic crisis, but the crucial finance portfolio remains vacant.

AFP

As stocks continue to slide, Wall Street nears bear market territory

Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index is on the cusp of what is known as a bear market, as it nears a 20 percent drop from its peak earlier this year. Investors are fretting over higher interest rates, rising energy prices linked to the war in Ukraine and a slowdown…

France 24

Sri Lanka closes schools and limits work to combat fuel shortage

Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage during the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

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Sri Lanka Prime Minister warns of food shortages amid economic crisis and lack of fertiliser

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister warns of a food shortage and vows the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka appoints nine new cabinet members

Sri Lanka appointed nine new cabinet members on Friday, among them ministers for the critical portfolios of health, trade and tourism, as the island nation battles its worst economic crisis in history.

The Independent UK

China becomes wild card in Sri Lanka's debt crisis

China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

Schools are closed and public officials are staying home from work Friday in Sri Lanka

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Thousands queue for petrol, gas in Sri Lanka amid warnings of food shortages

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

The Hindu

Pockets of hope, linking nature and humanity

It is important to increase the number of biosphere reserves in South Asia to ward off a doomsday ecological scenario

Crikey

Sri Lanka limits foreign currency holdings

Sri Lankan police have clashed with student protesters as the country’s central bank says individuals may only possess $US10,000 in foreign currency.

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka defaults on debts for first time

Economists fear Sri Lanka could be first of several, with IMF in talks with Egypt, Tunisia and Pakistan

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1050: SC stays UP court on Gyanvapi case, Sidhu sentenced to jail

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from the Supreme court, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and Sri Lanka.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka lowers amount of foreign currency people can hold

Sri Lanka's central bank chief has said the island nation will lower the amount of foreign currency that individuals can hold to $10,000 from $15,000 and penalize those who hold foreign currency for more than three months by making it against the law

AFP

Chandimal, Dickwella cling on as Sri Lanka draw Bangladesh Test

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Bangladesh and Sri Lanka drew the first Test in Chittagong on Thursday after Dinesh Chandimal and Niroshan Dickwella hung on for the visitors in a vital seventh-wicket stand of 99.

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