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TUI cancels all holidays to long-haul destination as Foreign Office issues urgent warning to Brits not to visit

A state of emergency was declared in the holiday hotspot, including an island-wide curfew

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Tui cancels all flights to Sri Lanka amid Foreign Office's urgent warning

Brits have been urged to not travel to the holiday hotspot

Liverpool Echo

Tamim, Mahmudul drive Bangladesh to 157-0 at lunch in Sri Lanka Test

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Openers Tamim Iqbal and Mahmudul Hasan Joy hit half-centuries to lead a strong Bangladesh reply on the third day of the opening Test against Sri Lanka on Tuesday.

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Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol amid severe economic crisis, says new prime minister

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister has warned the country is down to its last day of petrol as it faces its worst economic crisis for decades.

Evening Standard

Crisis and opportunity: On Sri Lanka political crisis

Ranil Wickremesinghe must disprove his detractors with quick measures for economic recovery

The Hindu

Seeman disapproves of Annamalai’s claim on Sri Lankan Tamils issue

The T.N. BJP president had said the situation of Tamils in Sri Lanka would have been different had Narendra Modi been the Prime Minister of India during 2007-08

The Hindu

Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol: PM

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has warned the “next couple of months will be the most difficult ones of our lives” amid an economic crisis.

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Sri Lanka down to its last day of petrol, warns new PM

The new PM Ranil Wickremesinghe says the country desperately needs to secure $75m to pay for essential imports.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka’s new PM warns ‘most difficult months of our lives’ ahead

Ranil Wickremesinghe says country’s finances ‘extremely precarious’ in first address since appointment

The Guardian - UK

Tui cancels holidays to Sri Lanka after Foreign Office advice

TUI has cancelled holidays to the destination until May 31

Wales Online

TUI cancels all holidays to Sri Lanka as Foreign Office issues urgent warning to Brits not to go

A state of emergency was declared in the holiday hotspot

Manchester Evening News

Sri Lanka proposes privatizing national airline amid crisis

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister wants to privatize the country’s loss-making national airline as part of reforms aimed at solving the country worst economic crisis in decades

The Independent UK

Mathews sanguine after falling for 199

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews said he accepted his fate after being cruelly dismissed one run short of a double century in the first Test against Bangladesh on Monday.

AFP

Swiss to help adopted Sri Lankans trace their roots, in wake of scandal

The Swiss government will help people adopted from Sri Lanka up until the 1990s search for their birth families under a pilot project launched on Monday, after a scandal over allegations that child traffickers had sent stolen children to Europe.

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Bangladesh firm in reply after Mathews falls for 199

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Angelo Mathews missed out on his second double hundred by one run as Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for 397 runs in the first Test in Chittagong on Monday.

AFP

Sri Lanka's new PM wins support for 'economic war cabinet'

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's new prime minister won crucial support from two main opposition parties on Monday, easing the pressure on the ruling Rajapaksa clan in the face of the island's worsening economic crisis.

Daily Mirror

Foreign Office warns Brits not to travel to Sri Lanka unless it's absolutely essential

Foreign Office travel advice for Sri Lanka has been updated with UK holidaymakers being warned not to travel to the country unless it's for an essential reason

AFP

Mathews falls one short of double ton as Sri Lanka make 397 against Bangladesh

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Angelo Mathews missed out on his second double hundred by just one run as Bangladesh bowled out Sri Lanka for 397 runs in the first Test in Chittagong on Monday.

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Mathews closes on double century to frustrate Bangladesh

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Angelo Mathews closed in on a double hundred as Sri Lanka frustrated Bangladesh to reach 375-8 at tea on day two of the first Test in Chittagong on Monday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka down to last day of petrol, PM tells crisis-hit nation

Sri Lanka's new prime minister said on Monday the crisis-hit nation was down to its last day of petrol, as the country's power minister told citizens not to join the lengthy fuel queues that have galvanised weeks of anti-government protests.

AFP

Mathews closes in on 150 despite Nayeem's double strike

Chittagong (Bangladesh) (AFP) - Angelo Mathews remained unbeaten on 147 as Sri Lanka reached lunch at 327-6 on day two of the second Test Monday after Bangladesh spinner Nayeem Hasan struck twice in one over.

The Hindu

Seeking refuge in ‘GotaGoGama’ — a partial journal of protest

The protest site in Colombo offers some hope for future society — but what about the people suffering from terrible shortages?

AFP

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka set for uneasy 'economic war cabinet'

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka was set to form a new cabinet on Monday as bitter political rivals make common cause to tackle a worsening economic crisis after last week's deadly violence, party leaders said.

The Hindu

Medicines to be sent to Sri Lanka getting ready, says Minister

137 types of drugs have been allocated for the island nation

The Hindu

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh Test | Sri Lanka reaches 258-4 vs Bangladesh on day 1

Angelo Mathews hit his 12th century as Sri Lanka made steady progress on day one of the opening test against Bangladesh, reaching 258-4 on Sunday

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