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Sri Lanka's ousted president Rajapaksa may return home by early September

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising in July, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, depending in part on arrangements to secure his safety.

Reuters

Chinese military ship leaves Sri Lanka after controversial visit

A Chinese military survey ship that docked at Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port of Hambantota despite opposition from neighbouring India left on Monday after a week-long stay, the port company told Reuters.

Reuters

Dushmantha Chameera ruled out of Sri Lanka's Asia Cup squad with leg injury

COLOMBO: Fast bowler Dushmantha Chameera was on Monday ruled out of Sri Lanka's Asia Cup squad with a leg injury, dealing a big blow to the islanders' prospects in the continental event.

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Chinese satellite tracking ship leaves Sri Lanka after controversial visit

COLOMBO: A high-tech Chinese research ship docked at the strategically important Hambantota port departed from Sri Lankan waters on Monday after a controversial six-day visit.

The Times of India

Eight more Sri Lankan nationals rescued at Arichalmunai

They say that they were stranded for the past three days before the Coast Guard spotted them

The Hindu

Sri Lanka likes to laugh but our political reforms are no joke

Laughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island of tyrants

The Guardian - UK

UN seeks plan to beat plastic nurdles, the tiny scourges of the oceans

Billions of the pellets end up in the sea, killing turtles, whales and dolphins, and are washed up on beaches around the world

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India maintaining vigil on China ship at Sri Lanka port: Union Minister

Measures in the interest of national security will be taken, says Muraleedharan

The Hindu

Chinese ship visit | India knows our situation: Sri Lanka

Tourism Minister of Sri Lanka Harin Fernado said China has made a lot of investment in Sri Lanka and has been “understanding its requirements in the past.”

The Hindu

Young seamer Madushanka finds a place as Sri Lanka name strong squad for Asia Cup

Besides the the 21-year-old Madushanka, the squad also includes Ashen Bandara, who last represented Sri Lanka in July 2021 in a T20I against India.

The Hindu

IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit

The International Monetary Fund said it will need "adequate assurances" from Sri Lanka's creditors for a new program as it prepares a visit to Colombo later this month.

Reuters

Why a Chinese ship's arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West

A Chinese survey ship docked this week at the Hambantota port, built with Chinese loans. Some worry the ship's arrival may signal the start of militarization of Chinese infrastructure in Sri Lanka.

WEKU

Rajapaksa seeks safety guarantee from Colombo

Deposed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee his safety, his party said on Friday.

Bangkok Post

Basic needs not freebies; poor people more entitled to receive them, says economist

NEW DELHI: Economist Jayati Ghosh said that 'basic needs' like nutrition, healthcare, housing and education, which the government should provide for its citizens, are not freebies, while asserting that the poor are more entitled to receive their basic needs.

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Basis needs not freebies; poor people more entitled to receive them, says economist

Bangkok Post

Ousted leader to leave next week

Ex-Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will reportedly leave Thailand to return to the island nation next week.

Reuters

Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors, says Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island's main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka hopes to reach initial agreement with IMF for help

Sri Lanka’s central bank chief says he is hopeful the crisis-ridden island nation can reach a preliminary agreement that could lead to a bailout package with the International Monetary Fund when officials from the financial institution visit Sri Lanka later this month

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The Hindu

Sri Lanka to woo greater number of Indian tourists

The island is preparing new packages such as the Murugan-Shiva Shakthi trails

The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sri Lanka port welcomes China survey ship, rankling India, U.S.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka/BEIJING -- As China's all-white Yuan Wang 5 research vessel slowly pulled into a dock at the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota on Tuesday morning, it was greeted by a group of Chinese residents holding a large banner that hailed the friendship between Beijing and Colombo. Sri…

The Guardian - UK

Chinese navy vessel arrives at Sri Lanka port to security concerns from India

Yuan Wang 5 is officially described as a ‘scientific research ship’ but India suspects it has military functions

Reuters

Sri Lanka will not extend emergency as protests tail off

Sri Lanka's state of emergency imposed in the middle of last month will not be extended beyond this week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's media office said on Tuesday, as protests against the country's economic devastation petered out.

The Hindu

OPS’ family issues cheques for ₹50 lakh to aid Sri Lanka

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The Japan News/Yomiuri

Sri Lanka: China cannot use port for military purposes

COLOMBO -- China will not be allowed to use the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota for military purposes, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his first interview with the Japanese media since taking office.

Daily Record

Scots Instagrammer who had passport removed in Sri Lanka sees bid to keep visa fail

Kayleigh Fraser's appealagainst the removal of her visa last week has been refused by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court

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