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Sri Lanka stops fuel supply to non-essential services as crisis worsens

Sri Lanka will shut schools and only allow fuel supplies to services deemed essential like health, trains and buses for two weeks starting Tuesday, a minister said, in a desperate attempt to deal with a severe shortage.

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Inglis to make ODI debut for Australia

Josh Inglis will make his one-day international debut for Australia in the final game of the five-match series against Sri Lanka in Colombo.

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India says will support crisis-hit Sri Lanka's economic recovery

India's top diplomat held talks with Sri Lanka's president and prime minister on Thursday as India signalled its willingness to go beyond the $4 billion in loans, swaps and aid that it has already provided its cash-strapped neighbour.

Reuters

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‘We want justice, not fuel’: Sri Lanka’s Tamils on north-south divide

In the middle of a crippling economic crisis, demonstrating is a luxury the country’s Tamil minority cannot afford

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As global food crisis looms, Sri Lanka offers a cautionary tale

Sri Lanka’s government finally began bailout talks with IMF officials this week after a crippling delay exacerbated a longstanding economic crisis. But as food prices soar amid an impending global food shortage sparked by the Ukraine conflict, Sri Lankans are paying a heavy price for the government’s mismanagement, nepotism and…

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Australia spun out of Sri Lanka ODI series

David Warner can see the upside to Australia being spun out of their one-day series against Sri Lanka, saying it has made them better ready for the Tests.

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IMF holds talks in Sri Lanka as cabinet moves to cut president's powers

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team began bailout talks in Sri Lanka on Monday, as the country's cabinet cleared a constitutional amendment to dilute presidential powers that could assuage protesters amid rising tensions.

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Sri Lanka chases down 292 to take series lead vs Australia

The hosts reached their daunting target of 292 to win with nine balls to spare in Colombo and took a 2-1 lead in the five-match series

The Hindu

Sri Lanka's economic crisis has turned into a national emergency, and its people are now calling for help to save lives

Sri Lanka's economic collapse is forcing people all over the country to find unconventional ways to survive. The unique unravelling of a once-middle-income nation has dramatically reshaped how people on the ground are living.

ABC News

Sri Lanka shuts schools, government offices

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan authorities on Friday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt due to a lack of dollars to pay for imported fuel.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lanka asks government employees to work from home amid fuel shortages

Sri Lanka's government on Friday ordered public sector employees to work from home for two weeks due to severe fuel shortages as the island nation grapples with its worst financial turmoil in seven decades.

Reuters

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

Power restored in crisis-hit Sri Lanka, UN unveils $47m aid plan

Striking power sector workers returned to work in Sri Lanka on Thursday after the president promised to listen to their concerns, ending widespread blackouts and bringing some respite to an economy hit by its biggest crisis in decades.

Reuters

Willing to work with India to help Sri Lanka, says China

New Delhi has made great efforts to help Colombo: Beijing

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Sri Lanka’s economic crisis threatens its dollar-earning IT firms

Sri Lanka’s IT sector is trying to retain talent with dollar-linked salaries as young professionals look to exodus.

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Sri Lanka president vows to finish term, won’t run for re-election

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to finish the remaining two years in his term despite month-slong street protests calling for his ouster, but won’t stand for re-election as he focuses on fixing a financial mess that tipped Sri Lanka into its worst-ever economic crisis.

The Hindu

India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

With the economy in crisis and facing shortage of Forex, the Indian support has provided a lifeline to Sri Lanka

Reuters

Sri Lankan woman rickshaw driver has to queue 12 hours, or more, for fuel

Lasanda Deepthi, a 43-year-old Sri Lankan woman, plans her day around fuel queues.

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Sri Lanka prime minister retains finance minister portfolio

Sri Lanka's Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe will hold dual charge as finance minister, the president's office announced on Wednesday, and will lead talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout for the crisis-hit nation.

Reuters

Sri Lanka increases fuel prices to address economic crisis

Sri Lanka increased fuel prices on Tuesday, a long-flagged move to mend public finances and combat its debilitating economic crisis, but the hikes are bound to add to galloping inflation at least in the short term.

Reuters

Long fuel queues persist in Sri Lanka despite scramble to deliver supplies

Long queues snaked around gas stations in Sri Lanka's commercial capital and its outskirts on Monday even though the island nation's government was scrambling to deliver fuel supplies and douse any unrest as it battles a devastating economic crisis.

Reuters

Sri Lankan medicine shortage a death sentence for some, doctors say

A shortage of medicine caused by an economic crisis in Sri Lanka could soon cause deaths, doctors said, as hospitals are forced to postpone life-saving procedures for their patients because they do not have the necessary drugs.

The Hindu

Ship carrying relief materials from India for Sri Lankan people reaches Colombo

"More consignments from #India to follow."

Reuters

Thousands queue for petrol, gas in Sri Lanka amid warnings of food shortages

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Reuters

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.

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