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Not a good batting display: Lankan skipper Chamari Athapaththu on Women's Asia Cup final loss

SYLHET (Bangladesh): Sri Lankan captain Chamari Athapaththu rued the batting collapse for the team's Asia Cup Final loss against India at the Sylhet International Cricket Stadium on Saturday.

The Times of India

We should give credit to bowlers and fielders: Harmanpreet Kaur

SYLHET: India captain Harmanpreet Kaur lauded her bowlers and the fielding unit after the team's triumphant campaign in the Women's Asia Cup, which ended with a lop-sided final against Sri Lanka here on Saturday.

The Times of India

Renuka's Heroics Help All-Round India Clinch Seventh Asia Cup Title, Defeat Sri Lanka By 8-Wickets In Final

An all-round India crushed Sri Lanka by eight wickets in the final match of the Women's Asia Cup 2022, clinching their seventh title.Read more on Dynamite News:

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India romp to seventh Women's Asia Cup title with easy win over Sri Lanka

SYLHET: India maintained their dominance in the Women's Asia Cup with an eight-wicket demolition of a self-destructing Sri Lanka in the final here on Saturday for their seventh title in eight editions.

The Times of India

Terrified Scottish blogger on the run in Sri Lanka speaks from hiding place

Kayleigh Fraser, 34, has been vocal on social media regarding the uprising in the country since Ranil Wickremsinghe took charge on July 21, citing several protests in Columbo

Edinburgh Live

Women's Asia Cup Final: India restrict Sri Lanka to just 65/9

SYLHET: India limited Sri Lanka to a paltry 65 for nine in the Women's Asia Cup final here on Saturday.

The Times of India

Terrified Scots blogger on run in Sri Lanka speaks from hiding place

Kayleigh Fraser, 34, has been on the run after judges rejected her bid to stay in the country.

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Intrigue and upsets on the menu as T20 World Cup begins in Australia

All the ingredients are in place for a spicy tournament as the battle to qualify for the Super 12 stage kicks off

The Guardian - UK

Women's Asia Cup Final: India start favourites against Sri Lanka in pursuit of 7th Asia cup title

SYLHET: A ruthless Indian team would look to reassert its supremacy and aim to win an unprecedented seventh Asia Cup title when it clashes with Sri Lanka in the final here on Saturday.

The Times of India

Wanindu Hasaranga's rise quite similar to Lasith Malinga: Mahela Jayawardene

MELBOURNE: Sri Lankan batting legend Mahela Jayawardene is mighty impressed with the rise of Wanindu Hasaranga as he sees traits of pace bowling great Lasith Malinga in the 25-year-old spin allrounder.

The Times of India

Ponniyin Selvan-1 could’ve helped remove anti-Chola perception among sections of Sinhalese: writer

The Pandyas and the Sinhalese were traditional and close allies, says Ayathurai Santhan

The Hindu

Refugee wrongly labelled child murderer says decades of his life wasted

Mayooran Thangaratnam fled Sri Lanka for the UK in 2003 after brutal murder of his father but was repeatedly refused asylum

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka to keep 'middle-income' status but seek concessional loans

Sri Lanka will remain a middle-income country but request the World Bank to grant it some loans generally offered to poorer nations, the president's office said on Tuesday, clarifying a cabinet spokesperson's earlier comments on the matter.

Reuters

Ducking Sri Lankan Navy’s bullets, youth swims 13 km to Dhanushkodi

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Heroin seized off Kochi was possibly bound for US, Europe markets via Sri Lanka

International drug smugglers use Indian ports of call as safe houses for concealing heroin sourced from Afghanistan to dodge severe cargo profiling at foreign ports. A shipment from Iran, Pakistan, or Afghanistan will invite a fiercer scrutiny in foreign harbours than cargo from India or Sri Lanka, say officials

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Sri Lanka-Zimbabwe warm-up match rescheduled

MELBOURNE: The men's T20 World Cup 2022 warm-up fixture between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe has been rescheduled, the International Cricket Council (ICC) has confirmed. The match will now be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Tuesday, 11 October.

The Guardian - UK

Shehan Karunatilaka: ‘There’s a Sri Lankan gallows humour… we’ve been through a lot of catastrophes’

The novelist on finding dark farce in his country’s civil war, his grunge band past, and the ‘lottery win’ of the Booker shortlist

The Guardian - UK

‘The story had been stirring in me for most of my life’: How I wrote a Booker-shortlisted novel

NoViolet Bulawayo, Percival Everett, Alan Garner and others reveal the inspiration for the books up for this year’s award

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The Hindu

PIL petition seeks anti-terrorism squad in T.N. to tackle infiltration of radical elements through Sri Lanka

The litigant claims that there is a serious threat from influx of Bangladeshi and Rohingya Muslims settled in the State with a radical mindset

The Hindu

India can lead G20 on education, climate and debt sustainability: World Bank President

World Bank President David Malpass points to India’s involvement in restructuring debts in Sri Lanka and it being a major creditor to African nations; calls the country a leader in education

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UN resolution flags Sri Lanka rights abuses, economic crisis

UN Human Rights Council renews mandate to collect and preserve evidence of atrocities during the decades-long civil war.

Bangkok Post

Court says Sri Lankan ex-leaders can be prosecuted

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s top court has granted permission for proceedings against former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, according to the rights group that filed the case against him.

Reuters

Sri Lanka top court allows proceedings against former President Rajapaksa, others

Sri Lanka's top court has granted permission for proceedings against former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the rights group which filed the case against him said in a statement on Friday.

Reuters

U.N. extends Sri Lanka wartime violations monitoring, China opposes

The U.N. rights body on Thursday renewed the mandate of a U.N. office to collect and preserve evidence of alleged wartime human rights crimes in Sri Lanka, despite opposition from the government and allies including China.

The Hindu

Sri Lanka President plans to visit New Delhi to discuss his country's economic crisis

Ranil Wickremesinghe met PM Modi briefly in Japan during their visit to Shinzo Abe’s funeral

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