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Envoy says India-Sri Lanka should build framework to discuss maritime concerns like the Chinese ship

Amidst signs of strain with New Delhi, Sri Lanka High Commissioner says trust deficit should be avoided

The Hindu

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

Foreign Office changed its advice for the country in late August

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.

Reuters

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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

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.

Bangkok Post

Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka to ask Japan to open talks with main creditors, says Wickremesinghe

Sri Lanka will ask Japan to invite the Indian Ocean island's main creditor nations, including China and India, to talks on bilateral debt restructuring as it seeks a way out of its worst economic crisis in decades, its president said on Thursday.

Reuters

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Sri Lanka hopes to reach initial agreement with IMF for help

Sri Lanka’s central bank chief says he is hopeful the crisis-ridden island nation can reach a preliminary agreement that could lead to a bailout package with the International Monetary Fund when officials from the financial institution visit Sri Lanka later this month

The Independent UK

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.

The Japan News/Yomiuri

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

End protest crackdown: UN, rights groups tell Sri Lanka president

Human rights experts urge the newly appointed leader Ranil Wickremesinghe to end the crackdown against the protesters.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka's ousted president believed heading to Thailand

Sri Lanka's ousted president Gotabaya Rajapaksa is expected to arrive in Thailand on Thursday, seeking temporary shelter in a second Southeast Asian country after fleeing his island nation last month amid mass protests, two sources said.

Bangkok Post

Sri Lankans rally against crackdown on protesters

Hundreds of Sri Lankans have rallied against a government crackdown and the use of emergency laws against peaceful protesters demanding answers to the country’s worst economic crisis

The Independent UK

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

Foreign Office changed guidance once again in late July

The Independent UK

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China seeks urgent meeting as Sri Lanka defers docking of high-tech vessel: Report

As per some Sri Lankan media reports, President Ranil Wickremesinghe held a closed-door meeting with China’s Ambassador Qi Zhenhong after Colombo sought a deferment of the planned docking

The Independent UK

Monks’ role in Sri Lanka protests raises familiar questions

The protests that drove Sri Lanka's president from office brought together people from across the country’s diverse and sometimes warring ethno-religious groups: Tamils, Muslims, Christians, Sinhala Buddhists and the saffron-robed Buddhist monks who are fixtures of the political scene

Reuters

Sri Lanka considering restructure of local and sovereign debt - president

Sri Lanka is considering a restructure of local and sovereign debt, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Friday, as the island nation battles its worst financial crisis in its independent history.

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Scared Scottish woman 'trapped in Sri Lanka' after discussing protest on social media

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews in Fife, was told to leave the country "immediately" by the company issuing her visa because authorities were investigating her.

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lankan government accused of draconian treatment of protesters

New president Ranil Wickremesinghe is attempting to crush mass protests that forced out predecessor

Daily Record

Scots woman in Sri Lanka 'doesn't feel safe' after having passport seized by authorities amid protests

Kayleigh Fraser, who is originally from St Andrews, Fife, claims she was told to hand over the travel document by six immigration officers, who turned up at her door on Tuesday.

The Independent UK

Scot documenting protests in Sri Lanka has passport seized by authorities

Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been posting on social media about the ongoing demonstrations in the country.

Reuters

Sri Lanka president to present interim budget next month

Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe said an interim budget will be presented to parliament in the first week of September, the president's media division said in a statement.

Al Jazeera

Concerns as Sri Lanka arrests top protest leader Joseph Stalin

Arrest is part of an ongoing crackdown against people protesting against the government over island’s economic crisis.

The Independent UK

Rights group says Sri Lanka harassed, intimidated protesters

An international human rights group says Sri Lanka’s government is using emergency laws to harass and arbitrarily detain protesters who are seeking political reform and accountability amid the island country’s economic crisis

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