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Sri Lanka will not extend emergency as protests tail off

Sri Lanka's state of emergency imposed in the middle of last month will not be extended beyond this week, President Ranil Wickremesinghe's media office said on Tuesday, as protests against the country's economic devastation petered out.

Reuters

OPS’ family issues cheques for ₹50 lakh to aid Sri Lanka

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The Hindu

Sri Lanka: China cannot use port for military purposes

COLOMBO -- China will not be allowed to use the southern Sri Lankan port of Hambantota for military purposes, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said in his first interview with the Japanese media since taking office.

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Scots Instagrammer who had passport removed in Sri Lanka sees bid to keep visa fail

Kayleigh Fraser's appealagainst the removal of her visa last week has been refused by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court

Daily Record

Sri Lanka faces looming food crisis with stunted rice crop

Nallathambi Mahendran walked through his four acres of emerald green paddy fields in northern Sri Lanka's Kilinochchi district, indicating the height the plants should have reached by now. They were several feet short.

Reuters

Chinese 'spy ship' docks in Sri Lanka despite India, US concerns

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka: A Chinese research vessel docked at Sri Lanka's Chinese-run southern port of Hambantota on Tuesday despite concerns from India and the United States about its alleged spying activities.

Bangkok Post

Chinese survey ship docks in Sri Lanka after diplomatic standoff

Yuan Wang 5 arrives in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port after a delay amid reported concerns from India and the US.

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Chinese military survey ship docks at Sri Lanka port

The Chinese survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 docked on Tuesday at Sri Lanka's Chinese-built port of Hambantota, a port official said, a move likely to stoke concern in neighbouring India about the growing influence of its bigger and more powerful rival.

Reuters

Chinese research ship docks in Sri Lanka after postponement

A Chinese scientific research ship whose port call was earlier deferred due to apparent security concerns raised by India arrived at Tuesday a southern port in Sri Lanka

The Independent UK

China silent on details of talks with Sri Lanka as its high-tech vessel set to dock at Hambantota port

The ship with facilities to track satellites and intercontinental missiles will dock at the Hambantota Port which China has taken for a 99-year lease as a debt swap

The Hindu

Incredible story of two women 'reunited like family' decades after being born in same orphanage thousands of miles away

Long Lost Family: What Happened Next? features the two women born in Sri Lanka just days apart

Wales Online

India hands over Dornier maritime surveillance aircraft to Sri Lanka Navy

Colombo had requested two of them in 2018; another to arrive within two years

The Hindu

Sri Lankans make crypto Ponzi scam claims

Many Sri Lankans allege they have been duped by a fake crypto investment scheme which has swindled millions of rupees.

Al Jazeera

Vegan cashew curry: A crash course in authentic Sri Lankan cuisine

Joe Yonan discovers a new-found admiration for Sri Lankan cuisine – and cashews – in this aromatic, creamy vegan curry

The Independent UK

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India's generous assistance to Sri Lanka heartening, says Commonwealth Secretary General

India has extended assistance worth over $3.8 billion to Sri Lanka this year to help it deal with the economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lanka says China survey ship can dock in its port

Sri Lanka said on Saturday it has agreed that the Chinese survey vessel Yuan Wang 5 can dock at its southernmost port, the Chinese-run Hambantota on August 16, despite security concerns raised by neighbouring India and the United States.

Dynamite News

Sri Lanka allows Chinese spy ship to dock

Sri Lanka on Saturday granted permission to Chinese vessel Yuan Wang-5, widely believed to be a spy ship, to dock at its Hambantota port, local media reported. Read more on Dynamite News:

The Japan News/Yomiuri

NPO planned organ transplants in Sri Lanka

In a case of suspected organ trafficking in living donor kidney transplants, a nonprofit organization in Japan had planned transplants in Sri Lanka this year and told an overseas coordinator it would send "two patients [at intervals] for a total of about 10 patients," The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned from…

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Daily Mirror

Brit blogger faces deportation from Sri Lanka for posting photos of revolution online

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been blogging about the "aragalaya", or struggle, that broke out in March over spiralling inflation

Bangkok Post

Ousted Sri Lankan president arrives in Thailand

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who fled his country a month ago, arrived in Bangkok on Thursday evening for what the Thai government says will be a temporary stay.

The Guardian - UK

‘An epic drawn from real life’: the radical hit play about a Sri Lankan family’s journey

Counting and Cracking, a multilingual tale of a family’s migration to Australia, is coming to the UK. Its writer Shakthi and director Eamon Flack discuss the inspiration behind this labour of love

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan ex-president who fled homeland leaves Singapore

Immigration authorities say former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who last month fled anti-government protests in his country, has left Singapore

The Times of India

Babar Azam can dethrone Joe Root as top Test batter: Mahela Jayawardene

DUBAI: Sri Lanka legend Mahela Jayawardene has picked Pakistan captain Babar Azam as the cricketer who, he believes, can dethrone England's Joe Root as top Test batter.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's ousted president arrives in Thailand for temporary stay

Former Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa arrived in Thailand on Thursday, according to three Reuters witnesses, as he seek temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests.

The Times of India

Explainer: Is Bangladesh headed the Sri Lanka way?

NEW DELHI: Yet another South Asian country has come under the trap of falling foreign exchange reserves and soaring trade deficit. Protests, blackouts, sudden surge in fuel prices have forced people in Bangladesh- just like Sri Lanka and to some extent in Pakistan- to come out into the streets to…

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