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The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

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.

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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

The Independent UK

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.

Reuters

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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.

The Hindu

TUI cancels all holidays to Sri Lanka on Foreign office advice

TUI has released a statement

Nottingham Post

Congress slams Modi government over inflation

India looks a lot like Sri Lanka, Rahul Gandhi tweets

The Hindu

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.

The Times of India

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…

France 24

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.

Al Jazeera

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…

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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.

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan protesters include Tamil victims in war memorial

Sri Lankan protesters lit flames and offered prayers Wednesday remembering thousands — including ethnic Tamil civilians — killed in the final stages of the country’s decadeslong civil war

Reuters

Sri Lanka to default on debt, no money for fuel, minister says

Sri Lanka is expected to be placed into default by rating agencies on Wednesday after the non-payment of coupons on two of its sovereign bonds, while the energy minister said the country had run out of money to pay for fuel.

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Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka faces ‘man-made’ food crisis as farmers stop planting

Once self-sufficient nation reels from fall-out of ill-conceived shift to organic agriculture, economic crisis.

Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka in chaos with country on its last day of petrol and severe medicine shortages

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka only has petrol stocks "for a single day" and the next few months will be "the most difficult of our lives"

Daily Mirror

TUI cancels holidays to Sri Lanka as Foreign Office warns Brits not to visit

TUI holidays to Sri Lanka are being cancelled as the country faces an economic crisis and protests - and the Foreign Office has updated its travel advice to warn Brits against visiting

The Independent UK

Censure vote vs Sri Lankan leader fails as crisis simmers

Sri Lanka’s ruling party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently debate a motion censuring President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the nation’s worst economic crisis

Daily Record

TUI cancels holidays to Sri Lanka as Foreign Office urges people not to travel

It comes after the Foreign Office advised against all but essential travel as the country faces bankruptcy.

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka travel advice: How has guidance changed and is it safe for holidaymakers amid protests?

Foreign Office changes guidance as violence continues

The Independent UK

Tui cancels Sri Lanka holidays following change in Foreign Office advice

A State of Emergency was declared in the country on 6 May

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