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Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.

Reuters

Sri Lanka sends 2 ministers to Russia for oil amid crisis

Sri Lanka is sending two ministers to Russia to negotiate for fuel, a necessity that the Indian ocean island nation has almost run out of amid its ongoing economic crisis

The Independent UK

India women eye series sweep against Sri Lanka

The team had thrashed the home team by 34 runs in the opening T20 and then followed it up with a dominating five-wicket win in the second game

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Ex-England coach Chris Silverwood to draw on horror Ashes as he faces Australia again

Chris Silverwood is preparing to coach Sri Lanka in a two Test series against Australia, less than six months after a 4-0 defeat to Australia in the Ashes cost him his job with England

Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies - minister

Sri Lanka is struggling to secure fresh fuel supplies, a top government minister said on Sunday, as the crisis-hit country of 22 million people is down to just 15,000 tons of petrol and diesel to keep essential services running in the coming days.

Reuters

Senior US officials visit Sri Lanka to help resolve crisis

Senior U.S. officials have arrived in Sri Lanka to find ways to help the island nation in the throes of an unprecedented economic crisis and severe shortages of essential supplies

The Independent UK

In Frames | Troubled waters

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka is forcing families to risk a boat ride through choppy seas to Tamil Nadu

The Hindu

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3rd T20I: India women eye series sweep against Sri Lanka

DAMBULLA: The series already in their pocket, a confident India will look to complete a whitewash when they take on hosts Sri Lanka in the third and final women's T20 International here on Monday.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka Hikes Fuel Prices as US Delegation Arrives

Sri Lanka hiked fuel prices on Sunday, creating further pain for ordinary people as officials from the United States arrived for talks aimed at alleviating the island's dire economic crisis. Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said it raised the price of diesel, used widely in public transport, by 15 percent to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Harmanpreet Kaur overtakes Mithali Raj as India's leading run-scorer in women's T20Is

DAMBULLA (Sri Lanka): Indian women's team captain Harmanpreet Kaur on Saturday overtook former skipper Mithali Raj to become India's leading T20I run-scorer.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka almost out of fuel, with no fresh supplies in sight

Bankrupt nation’s energy minister apologises to motorists but unable to say when petrol and diesel imports will be restored

The Guardian - AU

Exploited in a crisis: why are Sri Lankans getting on boats bound for Australia?

Poor and vulnerable people fleeing Sri Lanka are being met by Australian boat turnbacks and ‘enhanced assessments’ that may breach international law

The Guardian - AU

Smriti all praise for young Indian bowling attack

Sri Lanka may be facing a fuel crisis, but that didn’t stop Smriti Mandhana’s fans from driving

The Hindu

Bowlers did a good job: Smriti Mandhana

DAMBULLA: Star India opener Smriti Mandhana hailed her side's bowling unit for getting the job done as they clinched the three-match Women's T20 International series against Sri Lanka with a five-wicket win in the second match here on Saturday.

The Times of India

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SL vs Ind: Top knocks by Mandhana, Harmanpreet guide India to T20I series win against hosts

Opener Smriti Mandhanas' 39 and captain Harmanpreet Kaur's unbeaten 31 helped India beat Sri Lanka by five wickets in the second T20I of the three-match series here at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla on Saturday.

The Hindu

SL women vs India women second T20 | Harmanpreet leads India to series sealing win over Sri Lanka

The third and final T20 will be played here on Monday.

The Hindu

India eye improved top-order show in 2nd T20I against Sri Lanka

Top-order needs to put up an improved performance

Reuters

Tycoon appointed crisis-hit Sri Lanka's minister for investment promotion

Sri Lanka's president on Friday appointed tycoon Dhammika Perera as minister for investment promotion, his office said in a statement, as the crisis-hit country struggles to find foreign exchange to import food, fuel and drugs.

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IndW vs SLW: Team India looking forward to win the series, Lanka eye crucial series-levelling win

Clinching the three-match series will be in the mind of Team India when they take to the field in the second T20I against Sri Lanka at Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Saturday.

AAP

Inglis to make ODI debut for Australia

Josh Inglis will make his one-day international debut for Australia in the final game of the five-match series against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

The Times of India

2nd Women's T20I: India eye improved top-order show against Sri Lanka

DAMBULLA: Eyeing a series-clinching victory, the Indian women's cricket team would expect a better show from its top-order when it takes on Sri Lanka in the second T20 international here on Saturday.

The Hindu

Talking to Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant helped: Jemimah Rodrigues

The batter stars in India’s win over Sri Lanka on her return

Asharq Al-Awsat

A World Apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka Share Economic Collapse

Lebanon and Sri Lanka may be a world apart, but they share a history of political turmoil and violence that led to the collapse of once-prosperous economies bedeviled by corruption, patronage, nepotism and incompetence. The toxic combinations led to disaster for both: Currency collapse, shortages, triple-digit inflation and growing hunger.…

The Independent UK

A world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka share economic collapse

A shared history of political turmoil and violence in two countries a world apart, Lebanon and Sri Lanka, led to the collapse of once-prosperous economies that have been bedeviled by corruption, patronage, nepotism and incompetence

The Guardian - AU

‘I must stay strong’: hardship for workers fleeing Sri Lanka’s broken economy

For many, leaving their country and their family behind to earn money overseas is the only option

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