Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One app.

Get all your news in one place.

100's of premium titles. One news app.

The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s economy grinds to a halt as fuel supplies run dry

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s economic activity is coming to a near standstill as the island nation, facing its worst financial crisis, runs out of fuel for transport and there’s little signs of fresh supplies coming in.

The Times of India

As Sri Lanka's economic crisis worsens, Australians are desperate to get family over for 'a bit of relief'

As Sri Lanka's economic crisis worsens with basic supplies dwindling and power outages for large parts of the day, the community in Australia is trying to bring loved ones over for a few months to give them a bit of normalcy.

ABC News

Sri Lanka to receive new petrol shipment within three days - minister

Sri Lanka expects a new shipment of petrol within the next three days, its power and energy minister said on Thursday, as the island nation awaits official confirmation from the Indian government for a new $500 million credit line for fuel.

Reuters

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Injury-hit Aust to bowl first in Sri Lanka

Australia have won the toss and elected to bowl in the second ODI clash with Sri Lanka in Kandy, with spinner Matt Kuhnemann set to make his ODI debut.

AAP

Battered by economic crisis, Sri Lankans seek passport to a better life

R.M.R Lenora stood in a snaking queue outside Sri Lanka's Immigration and Emigration Department headquarters for two days last week, hoping to get a passport and, with it, a chance to leave a country wilting under an economic crisis.

Reuters

In Sri Lankan crisis, a window of economic opportunity

The fruition of the idea of a Sri Lanka-south India single market sub-region can boost growth across the Palk Strait

The Hindu

Sri Lanka vs Australia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Australia in Sri Lanka 2022

Follow all the action from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

The Independent UK

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Maxwell leads Australia to victory over Sri Lanka in 1st ODI

Australia needed 12 runs off the last two overs in a revised target and Maxwell ensured his team secured the win with nine balls to spare

The Hindu

Looming debt crunch positions Laos as next possible Asia default

Laos, with dwindling cash reserves and surging inflation, is facing some of the same strains that pushed Sri Lanka to default and threatens Pakistan’s balance of payments.

Bangkok Post

Glenn Maxwell knocks unbeaten 80 as Australia defeat Sri Lanka

Captain Aaron Finch and Steve Smith got the visitors off to a strong start as they chased a target later revised to 282 from 44 overs.

The Independent UK

Lazard, Clifford Chance reach Sri Lanka to advise on debt restructure - PM

Representatives from heavyweight financial and legal advisers Lazard and Clifford Chance arrived in Sri Lanka to kick off the restructuring of over $12 billion in debt, the island nation's prime minister said on Tuesday.

Reuters

We tracked India’s top business papers over 5 days. Modi-Adani controversy barely figured

India’s Adani’s group, its proximity to prime minister Narendra Modi, and its influence over the Sri Lanka government has been at the centre of a political controversy unfolding in Sri Lanka over the last five days.

Newslaundry

Blinken assures Sri Lanka of support to promote American investments once IMF negotiations are over

COLOMBO: US secretary of state Antony Blinken has assured crisis-hit Sri Lanka of support to promote American investments in the country after the completion of IMF negotiations, as he spoke with Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe to discuss the island nation's current economic and political challenges.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka gives public workers extra day off to grow food

Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to help them cope with a chronic fuel shortage and encourage them to grow food, the government said on Tuesday, as it struggles with its worst financial crisis in decades.

Reuters

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

ABC News

Sri Lanka is on the verge of 'humanitarian emergency', with hundreds boarding boats set for Australia

More than 300 Sri Lankans have tried to get to Australia in the past few weeks as the country's economic crisis has worsened, with people smugglers claiming those on board will be allowed into the country under the new Labor government.

The Hindu

Letters to the Editor — June 14, 2022

Project in Sri Lanka

Daily Mirror

Child refugee survived harrowing journey across 20 countries to become UK bank manager

Nilany Vasantharasan has recounted her harrowing tale as a child refugee, to a bank manager with two degrees, as Priti Patel seeks to export refugees who seek a better life in this country

Daily Mirror

Foreign Office lifts Sri Lanka travel ban for Brits days after TUI cancelled holidays

After two months of intense protests and violent clashes on the streets, the UK’s Foreign Office has scrapped its warning against “all but essential travel” to Sri Lanka

Get all your
news in one place.

100's of premium titles.
One news app.

The Times of India

Angelo Mathews, Pakistan's Tuba Hassan win ICC 'Player of Month' award

DUBAI (UAE): Sri Lanka's Angelo Mathews and Pakistan's debutante spin sensation Tuba Hassan were on Monday voted the ICC's 'Player of the Month' for May in their respective categories.

Liverpool Echo

Travel update after TUI cancels more flights and holidays

TUI holiday cancellations were extended but Government advice has now changed

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka vs Australia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Pallekele

Follow all the action from Pallekele International Cricket Stadium

Nottingham Post

TUI holiday cancellations continue following travel ban

The company said: "We will continue to monitor the situation and update customers"

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka needs a currency board

The war in Ukraine has generated an economic tidal wave that is crashing over countries near and far. Among the more far-flung is Sri Lanka, half a world away from the battlefield, where surging food and fuel prices have supercharged a downward spiral that was already under way.

The Hindu

Alert issued on likely smuggling of essentials to Sri Lanka

It says people in the neighbouring country are panicked by the worsening economic crisis and shortage of supplies

The Hindu

Watch | School girl from Sri Lanka’s north breaks cricketing barriers

A video featuring Kalaiyarasi Sadasivam, a cricket star from Sri Lanka’s former war zone.

1 … 151 152 153 154

People

From analysis to the latest developments in health,
read the most diverse news in one place.

Organisations

International Monetary Fund

Australian Border Force

92 stories

Department of Home Affairs

Read news from The Economist, FT, and more,
with one subscription

Topics

Places

Fourteen days free

Download the app

One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.