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The Guardian view on Sri Lanka: good riddance to the Rajapaksas

Editorial: Mass protests forced the president to announce he will resign. But the years of his family’s corruption and incompetence have taken their toll

The Guardian - UK

TUI cancels more holidays to Sri Lanka amid turmoil in country

The holiday company says it will be contacting all impacted customers

Manchester Evening News

England stars look back on thumping win over Norway – Tuesday’s sporting social

Pat Cummins reflected on Australia’s time in Sri Lanka.

The Independent UK

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'Don't fall ill': Sri Lanka doctors warn of drug shortage

Doctors in Sri Lanka are urging their patients not to fall ill or get into accidents as the country's economic crisis leaves its trusted health care system without medicines and other vital supplies

The Independent UK

India's help to Sri Lanka is economic, not political: FM

Jaishankar says parleys on with China at diplomatic and military levels

The Hindu

BJP to face Sri Lanka, Afghanistan-like protest by people: Abhishek Banerjee

TMC leader slams Centre for rising prices

The Hindu

Daily Dose Ep 1096: National emblem controversy, Gujarat rains

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from the Supreme Court, Assam, Gujarat, and Sri Lanka.

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Sri Lanka misses a leader as bailout slips further away

Investors are shifting their focus to Sri Lanka’s bilateral creditors as the resignations of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe dim prospects for rapid aid from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Bangkok Post

Thank you Sri Lanka for hosting us: David Warner

COLOMBO: Explosive Australian opener David Warner has thanked Sri Lanka for hosting his team during an “extremely difficult time” and also said he would never forget this tour to the island nation.

The Times of India

TUI cancels further flights as Foreign Office issues travel update

More holiday cancellations are to come

Bristol Post

Learning from playing in Sri Lanka, Pakistan will help us in India, says Pat Cummins

SYDNEY: Australian Test captain Pat Cummins says his team has learnt "a heap" during the tours of Pakistan and Sri Lanka and getting a taste of sub-continent conditions should help his relatively inexperienced players in next year's marquee series in India.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka lawmakers to pick new president but no deal on PM

Sri Lanka’s leaders have agreed that lawmakers will elect a new president next week but are struggling to decide on the makeup of a new government to lead the bankrupt country out of a economic and political collapse

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka protesters reject all-party gov’t, want Rajapaksas out

Protesters reject an all-party government, saying it will be a way for the powerful clan to remain in power.

Al Jazeera

Harmanpreet Kaur, Smriti Mandhana rise in rankings after splendid show in Sri Lanka

DUBAI: Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur climbed one place to 13th while her deputy Smriti Mandhana was placed ninth in the ICC Women's ODI rankings released on Tuesday.

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The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees the country

Rajapaksa, 73, and his wife boarded a special air force flight bound for the Maldives, local officials have said

France 24

‘Open to the public’: Sri Lankans create protest zones in occupied government buildings

On July 9, 2022, thousands of Sri Lankans, exasperated by the country's economic crisis, stormed the residence of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and other places linked to power. The situation is still uncertain in the country, but the movement is ongoing: in the capital, Colombo, protesters have turned several of these…

The Hindu

Sri Lankan crisis: Over 120 aircraft made technical landing in Kerala airports

According to experts, the technical landing of foreign carriers is also a breather for the airports which are facing financial crunch due to the pandemic.

Dynamite News

Former minister Basil Rajapaksa tries to flee Sri Lanka, stopped from boarding flight to Dubai

Sri Lanka's former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka president’s brother stopped from flying out amid crisis

Officials say they prevented Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country as anger rises against the powerful family.

Reuters

Seething Sri Lanka stops president's brother flying out of the country

Sri Lankan immigration officials stopped the president's brother and former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa from flying out of the country on Tuesday, as anger mounted over the island's worst economic crisis in decades.

ABC News

Inside Sri Lanka's mass protests that led to the President and Prime Minister's resignations

Sri Lanka's economic crisis reached boiling point when citizens stormed the President's palace. Videos from inside show how it unfolded.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka's fallen Rajapaksa dynasty is already planning its next comeback

COLOMBO: For years, Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa dynasty ruled the island nation with an iron fist, striking fear into political opponents, journalists and other perceived threats to their power. Now protesters are chasing them out of their homes, and out of power.

ABC News

Sri Lankans in Sydney watch country's upheaval with hope and concern

Sri Lankans in Sydney follow the dramatic situation with a mixture of worry for family and friends and hope for political change.

The Guardian - AU

Sri Lanka’s Test team look to future as Australia briefly slip back into past

From the moment protesters began marching past the ground on the second day, the hosts took control and never let go

Reuters

How a band of activists helped bring down Sri Lanka's government

In June, a few dozen activists started meeting regularly at a seaside tented camp in Colombo for hours-long sessions to think up ways to revive Sri Lanka's flagging protest movement.

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