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R. Sampanthan, the face of Sri Lanka's Tamil minority and its struggle post-civil war, dies at 91

Rajavarothiyam Sampanthan, a senior ethnic Tamil leader and lawmaker, who became the face of the minority community’s campaign for autonomy in Sri Lanka since the end of a brutal quarter-century civil war, has died

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A new coach will join Team India from the Sri Lanka series: Jay Shah

NEW DELHI: The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) will announce the appointment of a new head coach for the Indian cricket team ahead of the limited-overs series in Sri Lanka starting later this month.

The Times of India

A new Team India coach will join from the Sri Lanka series: Jay Shah

The Times of India

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Pakistan retain Nida Dar as women's team captain for Asia Cup in July

NEW DELHI: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to retain Nida Dar as the captain of the national women's team for the upcoming Asia Cup, which is set to take place in Dambulla, Sri Lanka from July 19 to 28.

The Times of India

ICC T20 World Cup 2024 Final – how many runs can Virat Kohli score?

With questions surrounding Kohli’s future in limited-overs cricket, Al Jazeera looks back at the icon’s greatest knocks.

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Sri Lanka Calls On Russia To Discharge Its Citizens From Army

Sri Lanka has asked Russia to allow its former soldiers fighting in Moscow's war against Ukraine to return home voluntarily, the government said Thursday.

International Business Times

Mahela Jayawardene resigns as consultant coach of Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI: Mahela Jayawardene, the former captain of the Sri Lankan cricket team, has resigned from his role as a consultant coach for the national side, effective immediately. The announcement was made by Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) in Colombo on Wednesday.

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Sri Lanka reaches deal on debt restructuring with bilateral creditors including China and France

Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe has announced a debt restructuring deal with countries including India, France, Japan and China in a televised address to the nation

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka Seals Partial Debt Deal After Financial Crash

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka said Wednesday it had clinched a restructuring deal with a majority of bilateral lenders covering up to $5.8 billion in debt, a key step towards recovery after a 2022 financial crash.

International Business Times

India face arch-rivals Pakistan in Women's T20 Asia Cup opener on July 19

NEW DELHI: The Women's T20 Asia Cup is set to commence on July 19 in Dambulla, Sri Lanka, with India, the defending champions, facing their arch-rivals Pakistan in the opening match.

The Times of India

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka Set To Sign Key Debt Deals With Lenders

A treasury delegation is on its way to France to sign agreements with creditors on Wednesday, government spokesman Bandula Gunawardana said.

International Business Times

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Woman & Home

Sri Lanka sports minister denies night club visit caused team's T20 World Cup exit

NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Harin Fernando of Sri Lanka issued a challenge on Monday to those who have criticized the national cricket team's alleged visit to a night club.

The Times of India

Santani Wellness, Kandy: is this the world's best health retreat?

Solo traveller Lydia Swinscoe finds something close to paradise in Sri Lanka’s ethereal mountain range, where Santani combines gruelling yoga with Ayurveda medicine treatments administered in a jungle-view spa

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The Conversation

Brotherless Night by V.V. Ganeshananthan wins the Women’s Prize for Fiction 2024

Brotherless Night is an unforgettable coming-of-age novel, an awakening from tribal loyalties into new-found identity and agency. It is set in Jaffna, Sri Lanka, during the civil war between Sri Lanka’s Sinhalese ethnic majority and the country’s Tamil minority. Between 1983 and 2009, this bitter conflict resulted in the deaths…

The Times of India

VVS Laxman might accompany India squad to Zimbabwe for five-match T20I series

NEW DELHI: VVS Laxman and his support staff at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) are likely to join the Indian team for their five-match T20I series in Zimbabwe, commencing on July 6. Meanwhile, Gautam Gambhir is anticipated to begin his stint as the head coach during the Sri Lanka tour.

Dynamite News

Google introduces Gemini Chatbot service in India

Tech giant Google has announced the global expansion of its Gemini service, making the app and Gemini Advanced available in India, along with Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Turkey. Read further on Dynamite News:

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka loses 10 percent of its doctors amid exodus after economic crisis

Sri Lanka’s doctors have migrated en masse to other nations in the past two years, crippling hospitals.

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The Guardian - AU

Counting and Cracking: how a three-hour Sri Lankan war epic became one of the great Australian plays

Five years since its debut, this gripping intergenerational story is still going in Australia and heads to New York this year. So why do we love S Shakthidharan’s play so much?

Al Jazeera

China fears spark Indian race for cobalt in contested ocean waters

India has sought rights to explore an underwater cobalt-rich mountain. But Sri Lanka also has eyes on the region.

Evening Standard

'It feels like home': The Victorian house renovation bringing a sense of Sri Lanka to Peckham

A sense of connection with his native Sri Lanka was the unusual brief from tech entrepreneur Puli Liyanagama for his Victorian house in south London

The Times of India

Shreyas Iyer likely to come back for Sri Lanka ODIs; Riyan Parag, Abhishek Sharma, Mayank Yadav in line for Zimbabwe T20Is

NEW DELHI: Gautam Gambhir is expected to be appointed as India's head coach and this could bring a fresh opportunity for IPL champion skipper Shreyas Iyer's international career during the three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka in July-August.

The Times of India

Sri Lanka deliver big win over Dutch as they bow out of T20 World Cup

NEW DELHI: Sri Lanka, already out of contention for the Super Eight stage, comfortably defeated the Netherlands by 83 runs in their final Group D encounter of the T20 World Cup at the Daren Sammy Stadium in St Lucia on Sunday.

The Times of India

T20 World Cup: Bangladesh eye Super Eight spot in clash against Nepal

NEW DELHI: When Bangladesh plays a challenging Nepal in the T20 World Cup at Kingstown on Monday, they'll be hoping to correct their mistakes and secure the second Super Eight position from Group D.

The Guardian - UK

‘Don’t read just one book about Sri Lanka’: VV Ganeshananthan on her civil war novel

Women’s prize for fiction winner tells story of a family caught up in conflict in her second novel, Brotherless Night

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