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The Latest Breaking News from Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2025

Follow all the action from Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

The Independent UK

Medieval gold ring found in castle in Slovakia has rare purple sapphire imported from Sri Lanka

An analysis of a 700-year-old ring reveals a unique reddish-purple sapphire set in 18-karat gold with a lion decoration.

LiveScience

India vs Pakistan confirmed at ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup, T20 World Cup

Despite the recent military escalations, the South Asian cricket giants will meet at the 50-over and 20-over World Cups.

Al Jazeera

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New Sri Lanka mass grave discovery reopens old wounds for Tamils

So far, 19 bodies have been found. Thousands of Tamils were disappeared during civil war that ended in 2009.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Bangladesh in Sri Lanka 2025

Follow all the action from Galle International Stadium

The Independent UK

Brotherless Night by VV Ganeshananthan audiobook review – love and conflict in Sri Lanka

The civil war transforms a young trainee doctor’s life as she copes with her feelings for a Tamil Tiger in last year’s Women’s prizewinning novel

The Guardian - UK

British woman held in Sri Lanka ‘could be months’ from bail hearing, lawyer warns

Charlotte May Lee is ‘coping’ with prospect of spending months longer in jail in Sri Lanka, her lawyer tells The Independent

The Independent UK

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Pakistan set to play Women’s Cricket World Cup games in Sri Lanka as hybrid hosting model revealed

India had been due to host the entirety of the eight-team tournament in September and October

The Independent UK

Ex-Test bats get chance to make case in Australia A

Kurtis Patterson, Matt Renshaw and Nathan McSweeney have all been named in the Australia A squad to face Sri Lanka A in Darwin.

AAP

Trapped Abroad: British Woman Faces 25 Years in Sri Lankan Prison Over £1.2M Drug Allegations

A young British woman, Charlotte May Lee, faces 25 years in a Sri Lankan jail after being arrested with £1.2 million worth of cannabis.

International Business Times UK

London 'drug mule' tears up as she appears in court in Sri Lanka accused of smuggling £1.2 million of super-strength cannabis

Charlotte May Lee, 21, was arrested at Bandaranaike Airport on May 11

Evening Standard

‘She’s the queen’: Sri Lanka bids farewell to film legend Malini Fonseka

She portrayed working-class women on screen and became a beauty icon. Fonseka, 78, died on Saturday.

Al Jazeera

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka and New Zealand discuss ways to deepen bilateral trade and investment ties

Debt-stricken Sri Lanka has hosted one of New Zealand’s top ministers to discuss ways to deepen bilateral ties in areas such as trade, tourism and agriculture

The Independent UK

Curated Dining, Soft Sunrises and Unparalleled Peace – This Sri Lankan Resort Is the Epitome of Laid-Back Luxury

Galle is an incredibly special coastal city - and it's calling

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Evening Standard

Inside Cinnamon Life at the City of Dreams — the Colombo hotel that was 10 years in the making

Does Sri Lanka’s latest city hotel live up to the hype? Lydia Swinscoe checks in to find out

Al Jazeera

‘Need answers’: Will Sri Lanka’s Tamils find war closure under Dissanayake?

Tamils commemorating loved ones lost or ‘disappeared’ during the civil war are still waiting for answers.

The Guardian - UK

‘My parents were crazy wildlife people’: meet the safari guide helping tourists experience Sri Lanka’s wild side

If you want to know about the wildlife and wonders of Yala national park, Sajith Withanage is the go-to expert. And as head ranger for Hilton Yala Resort, he likes nothing more than sharing his passion for this vast wilderness with guests

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka salt crisis leaves consumers hunting ‘for days’

Shortage of kitchen staple caused by loss of production due to heavy rains

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Evening Standard

London 'drugs mule', 21, breaks silence from hellhole Sri Lankan jail: 'I've not eaten for two days - the food's too spicy'

Charlotte May Lee pleads innocence in first interview from behind bars in Sri Lanka’s Negombo Prison

The Guardian - UK

Young British woman held on drug charges in Sri Lanka could be linked to Culley case

Charlotte May Lee, 21, from south London, flew from the same Bangkok airport as Bella May Culley, who was arrested a day earlier

The Guardian - UK

Foreign office supporting British woman after reports of drug-smuggling arrest in Sri Lanka

Former cabin crew member Charlotte May Lee, 21, reportedly accused of trying to bring 46kg of cannabis strain kush into country

Evening Standard

Ex-air stewardess from south London arrested in Sri Lanka over £1.5m cannabis haul

Charlotte May Lee was detained on Monday at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo after arriving on a flight from Bangkok

The Independent UK

Pat Cummins and Cameron Green return for World Test Championship final to leave Australia selection dilemma

Green will be unable to bowl at Lord’s against South Africa but could return to the XI as a batter only

The Independent UK

At least 21 passengers killed after bus skids off cliff in Sri Lanka

At least 14 people injured in crash near mountainous Kotmale town

The Independent UK

Six dead after Sri Lankan military helicopter crashes during passing out ceremony

Local media reports suggest twelve people, including two pilots, were on board at the time of the crash.

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