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A world of debt is in need of more flexibility

Recent headlines seem to augur a global debt crisis. The US is teetering on the precipice of a self-inflicted default. Egypt, Ghana, Pakistan, and other countries face grave financial difficulties. And the Chinese are delaying or hampering multilateral efforts to restructure low- and middle-income countries' debt.

Bangkok Post

Ailing jumbo Sak Surin to be brought home

A team of veterinarians and experts will be sent to Sri Lanka next month to prepare for the return of Sak Surin, an ailing and ageing Thai elephant, to Thailand for medical treatment and physical rehabilitation.

Bangkok Post

How Choose Your Own Adventures helped me win the Booker prize

Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka on how the gamebooks he grew up with became a literary gateway for curious young readers around the world

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Three Sri Lankan Tamils from Jaffna arrive at Dhanushkodi islet

Three Sri Lankan Tamil refugees, including two women, who reached the Dhanushkodi islet past midnight on Thursday, were safely brought to the Rameswaram Marine Police Station.

The Hindu

Understanding history is inevitable

For journalists, regardless of the story they are following on a particular day, context is key

The Hindu

Final call on Asia Cup venue to be taken after IPL final, says BCCI secretary Jay Shah

It has been learnt from ACC sources that PCB chairman Najam Sethi’s proposed hybrid model looks like a feasible solution although ACC had made no formal statements

The Hindu

Sri Lanka president vows to conclude debt-restructuring talks by Sept or Nov

Debt-laden Sri Lanka should be able to conclude a new round of restructuring talks by September or November at the latest, its president said on Thursday, adding that the negotiations had made "remarkable" progress.

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Discover Sri Lankan serenity at Kurulu Bay and beyond

Sri Lanka has got its groove back, says Kate Lough as she visits a quartet of adorable new hideaways

Evening Standard

14 bodies found in capsized Chinese boat

COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan navy said on Wednesday that it had located 14 bodies inside a Chinese fishing boat that capsized last week with 39 crew on board.

Bangkok Post

Is India stalling visa renewal for two Sri Lankan journalists with BBC in Delhi?

Following the Income Tax department’s “surveys” of BBC’s offices in India in February, two foreign journalists with the BBC have found themselves in a quandary in Delhi.

Newslaundry

Edinburgh woman who married Sri Lankan toy boy after romance wants family heirlooms back

Diane Peebles, 65, gifted her 26-year-old husband, Priyanjana De Zoysa, £100,000 so they could build a life in his hometown in Sri Lanka - but he was tragically shot dead.

Edinburgh Live

‘We give our blood so they live comfortably’: Sri Lanka’s tea pickers say they go hungry and live in squalor

Top tea firms investigate as plantation workers say they have to pick 18kg a day but still skip meals and make their children work

The Guardian - UK

Scots widow of murdered Sri Lankan toyboy in bid to be reunited with treasured possessions

Diane Peebles, 65, gave husband Priyanjana De Zoysa, 26, £100k to build them a life in Sri Lanka - but he was shot dead in 2017.

Daily Record

China's Sinopec signs agreement to enter retail fuel market in crisis-hit Sri Lanka

Chinese petroleum giant Sinopec has signed an agreement with Sri Lanka to enter its retail fuel market

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Daily Mirror

Thug whipped wife with belt and forced her to shave her head in sickening abuse

Kalanther Nibraz subjected his wife to a "life of misery" and at one point whipped her ten times with a belt and forced her to shave her head before he was eventually caught and reported to police

Manchester Evening News

Husband made wife shave her hair off and whipped her with belt in vile abuse

Kalanther Nibraz has been locked up

The News Lens

US Lawmakers Issue Dire Warnings on China Competition

In the space of 24 hours this week, a pair of U.S. House committees held hearings exploring measures to counter Beijing’s aggressive use of economic power against the U.S. and its allies.

The Hindu

Three out of four sexual assault charges against SL cricket Gunathilaka dropped

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka, who was accused of rape by a woman last year, had three out of his four sexual assault charges dropped here on May 18.

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The New Daily

One rape charge remains for Sri Lankan cricketer

Sri Lankan cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka has had three out of four sexual assault charges dropped after he allegedly raped a Sydney woman.

The Hindu

IPL 2023 | PBKS all-rounder Sikandar Raza believes Matheesha Pathirana more "trickier" than Malinga

Zimbabwe all-rounder and Punjab Kings batter Sikandar Raza lauded Sri Lankan pacer Matheesha Pathirana and said the young pacer is much more trickier to read than Sri Lanka great Lasith Malinga.

WhatToWatch

Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka: release date, premise, trailer and all we know

Alexander Armstrong in Sri Lanka is the latest travelogue from the Pointless presenter.

The Independent UK

IMF: Sri Lanka's crisis-hit economy likely to resume growth in 2024 after contracting 3% this year

The International Monetary Fund says Sri Lanka’s crisis-hit economy is expected to resume growing in 2024 after contracting 3% this year

The Hindu

India's U-19 girls put up grand opening show at South Asian Youth Table Tennis tournament

Yashaswini Ghorpade put India in the lead when she beat Oisha Rohman of Bangladesh in straight games

Reuters

IMF delegation to arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday

An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team will arrive in Sri Lanka on Thursday, a statement from the global lender said as the crisis-hit country prepares for the first review of a loan programme in September.

Reuters

Sri Lanka Supreme Court clears path for decriminalisation of homosexuality

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court has given the green light to a bill seeking to decriminalise homosexuality, the speaker of parliament said on Tuesday, in a move hailed as a "historic development" by campaigners.

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