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Tamil refugees detained by UK on Chagos Islands go on hunger strike

Forty-two hunger strikers are part of group of 89 Sri Lankans whose boat was intercepted in Indian Ocean by UK military

The Guardian - UK

Explained: 'India looks a lot like Sri Lanka'?

NEW DELHI: In one of his several attacks on the Centre over economic situation of the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the government over rising inflation and unemployment.

The Times of India

As stocks continue to slide, Wall Street nears bear market territory

Wall Street's benchmark S&P 500 index is on the cusp of what is known as a bear market, as it nears a 20 percent drop from its peak earlier this year. Investors are fretting over higher interest rates, rising energy prices linked to the war in Ukraine and a slowdown…

France 24

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Sri Lanka closes schools and limits work to combat fuel shortage

Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage during the nation's worst economic crisis in decades.

WEKU

Sri Lanka Prime Minister warns of food shortages amid economic crisis and lack of fertiliser

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister warns of a food shortage and vows the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

ABC News

Sri Lanka appoints nine new cabinet members

Sri Lanka appointed nine new cabinet members on Friday, among them ministers for the critical portfolios of health, trade and tourism, as the island nation battles its worst economic crisis in history.

Reuters

China becomes wild card in Sri Lanka's debt crisis

China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade

The Independent UK

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Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

Schools are closed and public officials are staying home from work Friday in Sri Lanka

The Independent UK

Thousands queue for petrol, gas in Sri Lanka amid warnings of food shortages

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Reuters

Pockets of hope, linking nature and humanity

It is important to increase the number of biosphere reserves in South Asia to ward off a doomsday ecological scenario

The Hindu

Sri Lanka defaults on debts for first time

Economists fear Sri Lanka could be first of several, with IMF in talks with Egypt, Tunisia and Pakistan

The Guardian - UK

Daily Dose Ep 1050: SC stays UP court on Gyanvapi case, Sidhu sentenced to jail

Anwiti Singh brings you the news from the Supreme court, Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, and Sri Lanka.

Newslaundry

Forex crisis: Sri Lanka lowers limit of foreign currency people can hold to $10,000 from $15,000

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's central bank on Thursday decided to substantially lower the limit of foreign currency a person can hold to $10,000 from $15,000 and said it will crack down on those possessing them for over three months as the island nation faced its worst economic crisis.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka lowers amount of foreign currency people can hold

Sri Lanka's central bank chief has said the island nation will lower the amount of foreign currency that individuals can hold to $10,000 from $15,000 and penalize those who hold foreign currency for more than three months by making it against the law

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Reuters

Sri Lanka fuel shortage set to ease; police clash with protesters

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

Reuters

At London vigil, UK Tamils seek justice for civil war victims

Tamils who resettled in Britain after fleeing the Sri Lankan civil war held a vigil in London on Wednesday, with some likening the island nation's current economic crisis to the conditions they faced during the decades-long conflict.

The Hindu

Stalin flags off relief materials to Sri Lanka

Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Wednesday flagged off relief materials on board a ship to crisis-hit Sri Lanka. A total of 9,000 tonnes of rice, 200 tonnes of Aavin milk powder and 24 tonnes of essential medicines were sent.

Nottingham Post

TUI cancels all holidays to Sri Lanka on Foreign office advice

TUI has released a statement

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The Hindu

Congress slams Modi government over inflation

India looks a lot like Sri Lanka, Rahul Gandhi tweets

The Times of India

Sri Lanka can’t find cash to pay even one ship for petrol

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka asked citizens not to queue for gasoline as the nation on the verge of default has no dollars to pay for a fuel shipment.

France 24

Sri Lanka's economic crisis: 'It's not looking good' for Rajapaksa family

Sri Lanka is in the grip of its worst economic crisis in decades, facing depleted petrol reserves, food shortages and a chronic lack of medical supplies. More than a month of mainly peaceful protests against the government's handling of the economy turned deadly last week when supporters of the former…

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka minister asks people not to queue for fuel for two days

Power and energy minister ‘respectfully’ advises against forming queues, saying there are no sufficient petrol stocks.

The Times of India

Umran Malik will be a ‘great bowler’ for India, says Chaminda Vaas

MUMBAI: Add one more name to the Umran Malik ‘fan club.’ On Wednesday, Sri Lanka’s pace great Chaminda Vaas remarked that the tearaway rookie Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer from Jammu - who won his 13th consecutive fastest delivery award in IPL-2022 when he clocked 154.8 kmph on Tuesday night - will…

Edinburgh Live

TUI cancel Sri Lanka holidays until end of May as Foreign Office issues warning

Travel giant TUI have been forced to cancel holidays to Sri Lanka until end of May after a Foreign Office warning advised people not to travel unless necessary.

Reuters

More pain in Sri Lanka before any resolution to crisis

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, as the prime minister said supplies had been locked in for at least a month.

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