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TUI extends Sri Lanka holiday ban but official travel advice changes

The UK Foreign Office update came as the government on the Indian Ocean island confirmed a long-running state of emergency alert would expire on Saturday

Wales Online

Foreign Office removes ‘essential travel only’ warning for Sri Lanka

Holiday companies such as Tui had been cancelling Sri Lanka holidays, while other tour operators offered alternative destinations

The Independent UK

Exclusive-Japan seeks to organise Sri Lanka creditors' meeting on debt crisis-sources

Japan is seeking to organise a Sri Lanka creditors' conference, hoping it could help solve the South Asia nation's debt crisis, but uncertainties cloud the outlook for any talks, three people with knowledge of the planning said.

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Retracing historical and cultural links between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka

Relations can be traced to proto-historic times. Marks, similar to graffiti-inscribed potsherds found in Tamil Nadu, were unearthed in Sri Lanka

The Hindu

Secure release of arrested fishermen, O. Paneerselvam urges Centre

O. Panneerselvam referred to the two recent incidents in which fishermen from Nagapattinam were apprehended by the Sri Lankan Navy on August 10 and on August 22

The Hindu

Form, bragging rights on line as giants clash in Asia Cup cricket

Dubai (AFP) - India's Virat Kohli has the chance to find form before the World Cup while Babar Azam will look to keep Pakistan's psychological edge when the rival countries clash as the headline acts of the Asia Cup starting this weekend.

AFP

Tamil Nadu CM urges Centre to secure release of fishermen from Sri Lankan custody

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IMF team holds talks with crisis-hit Sri Lanka on debt restructuring

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team met Sri Lanka's president on Wednesday for talks on a bailout, including restructuring debt of about $29 billion, amid the nation's worst financial crisis in more than seven decades.

Reuters

Sri Lanka widens import ban as economic crisis persists

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka tightened import restrictions Wednesday with a ban on more than 300 additional items, as an economic crisis that has created months of shortages and toppled a president refuses to abate.

AFP

Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa may return home by early Sept

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising in July, two sources familiar with the matter said on Tuesday, depending in part on arrangements to secure his safety.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka's ousted president Rajapaksa may return home by early September

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa may return home in about two weeks after fleeing a popular uprising in July, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday, depending in part on arrangements to secure his safety.

Reuters

Chinese military ship leaves Sri Lanka after controversial visit

A Chinese military survey ship that docked at Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port of Hambantota despite opposition from neighbouring India left on Monday after a week-long stay, the port company told Reuters.

Reuters

Chinese ship leaves Sri Lanka after riling India, US

Colombo (AFP) - A Chinese research vessel accused by India and the United States of spying activities left Sri Lanka's Chinese-run port of Hambantota on Monday after a week-long stay.

AFP

Eight more Sri Lankan nationals rescued at Arichalmunai

They say that they were stranded for the past three days before the Coast Guard spotted them

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The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka likes to laugh but our political reforms are no joke

Laughter has been far more than a coping mechanism amid repression and economic crisis – it has rid the island of tyrants

The Guardian - UK

UN seeks plan to beat plastic nurdles, the tiny scourges of the oceans

Billions of the pellets end up in the sea, killing turtles, whales and dolphins, and are washed up on beaches around the world

The Hindu

India maintaining vigil on China ship at Sri Lanka port: Union Minister

Measures in the interest of national security will be taken, says Muraleedharan

The Hindu

Chinese ship visit | India knows our situation: Sri Lanka

Tourism Minister of Sri Lanka Harin Fernado said China has made a lot of investment in Sri Lanka and has been “understanding its requirements in the past.”

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Young seamer Madushanka finds a place as Sri Lanka name strong squad for Asia Cup

Besides the the 21-year-old Madushanka, the squad also includes Ashen Bandara, who last represented Sri Lanka in July 2021 in a T20I against India.

Reuters

IMF eyes creditor assurances as it prepares Sri Lanka visit

The International Monetary Fund said it will need "adequate assurances" from Sri Lanka's creditors for a new program as it prepares a visit to Colombo later this month.

AFP

Shanaka leads 20-man Sri Lanka squad for Asia Cup

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka Friday named a 20-man squad led by Dasun Shanaka for the Asia Cup Twenty20 tournament starting later this month in the United Arab Emirates.

WEKU

Why a Chinese ship's arrival in Sri Lanka has caused alarm in India and the West

A Chinese survey ship docked this week at the Hambantota port, built with Chinese loans. Some worry the ship's arrival may signal the start of militarization of Chinese infrastructure in Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Rajapaksa seeks safety guarantee from Colombo

Deposed former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee his safety, his party said on Friday.

AFP

Sri Lanka's ousted leader hopes to return home: party

Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's deposed former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is seeking to return home from his exile in Thailand and has asked his successor to guarantee his safety, his party announced Friday.

Bangkok Post

Ousted leader to leave next week

Ex-Sri Lanka president Gotabaya Rajapaksa will reportedly leave Thailand to return to the island nation next week.

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