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Haseeb Hameed to captain England Lions on Sri Lanka tour

Hameed will be looking to reignite his Test career

The Independent UK

Sri Lanka Catholic Church hails Supreme Court order for ex-president over bombings

The leader of Sri Lanka's Catholic Church on Friday praised a Supreme Court decision to order the former president and four officials to pay compensation for the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings that killed more than 260 people.

Reuters

Sri Lanka church seeks criminal justice for Easter bombings

Sri Lanka’s Catholic Church wants the country’s former leader to be criminally prosecuted for negligence

The Independent UK

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Sri Lanka to slash military by a third to cut costs

Sri Lanka will slash its army by a third to 135,000 by next year and to 100,000 by 2030, the defence minister said on Friday, as the country facing its worst economic crisis in more than seven decades tries to cut costs.

Reuters

Sri Lanka cricket inquiry finds team 'influenced by fake PROPHET as casino brawl emerges'

An independent panel investigated the circumstances behind Sri Lanka's poor T20 World Cup performance which saw them exit the tournament in the group stages after an embarrassing defeat to Namibia

Daily Mirror

Sri Lanka ex-president Sirisena ordered to compensate 2019 Easter bombing victims

Supreme court finds top government, police and intelligence officials were responsible for ‘failing to prevent’ bombings

The Guardian - UK

Why dropping Suryakumar Yadav from ODI Playing XI doesn’t bode well for Team India

On the eve of the first One Day International against Sri Lanka in Guwahati, Team India skipper Rohit Sharma dropped enough hints to justify why Suryakumar Yadav could not be part of the team’s Playing XI despite his excellent form in the shortest white-ball format.

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Canada sanctions ex-Sri Lanka presidents Mahinda, Gotabaya

Sanctions are over human rights violations committed during armed conflict in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009, Canada says.

Al Jazeera

Canada imposes sanctions on 4 Sri Lankan officials over human rights violations

Canada has imposed sanctions on four Sri Lankan state officials over human rights violations during armed conflict in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009, the Canadian foreign ministry said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Unlikely set of results could yet see England qualify for World Test Championship final

Although it is highly unlikely and they have no more games to play in the current World Test Championship cycle, England do still have a slight chance of reaching the final

Daily Mirror

Thai-Sri Lanka FTA talks to resume after 4 years

Thailand will launch the second free trade area (FTA) negotiations with Sri Lanka on Monday, in a bid to strengthen the economic partnership between the two countries, according to the Department of Trade Negotiations.

Bangkok Post

Hedge funds holding up vital debt relief for crisis-hit Sri Lanka, warn economists

Statement from 182 experts say only debt cancellation offers chance of recovery but investors are playing hardball

The Guardian - UK

Trysts With Sri Lanka’s Ghosts

In the Booker Prize-winning “The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,” the past haunts a country racked by unresolved death.

Foreign Policy

Sports: Dravid Calls For Calm As India Experiment In Sri Lanka Series

With a rotated squad for their home T20I series with Sri Lanka, India head coach Rahul Dravid has called for patience as the team's future stars find their feet. Read on for details:

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Tamil Nadu Police Thwarts Smuggling Of 6 Lakh Tablets Near Ramanathapuram Coast

The Tamil Nadu Police on Thursday seized around six lakh tablets (banned narcotic pills in Sri Lanka) on the coast near Vedalai village in the state's Ramanathapuram. Read on for details:

Tribune News Service

Review: 'Brotherless Night,' by V.V. Ganeshananthan

FICTION: A young woman's family is torn apart during the lengthy Sri Lankan civil war in this propulsive masterpiece by a Minnesota writer.

Dynamite News

Cricket: Jasprit Bumrah Included In ODI Squad For Sri Lanka Series

Star pacer Jasprit Bumrah has been included in India's squad for the upcoming three-match ODI series against Sri Lanka. Read on for details:

Evening Standard

Alex Lees called up by England Lions following Test and central contract axe

Batter Alex Lees has been named in the England Lions squad for the tour of Sri Lanka, three months after being dropped from the Test side.

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Daily Mirror

Love Island star AJ Bunker rushed to hospital after becoming seriously ill on holiday

AJ Bunker of Love Island fame has revealed she took seriously ill on holiday in Sri Lanka and had to receive 'urgent care' upon her return

ABC News

Sri Lanka's cancer patients struggle amid the country's economic chaos

Hospitals are struggling with severe drug shortages and cancer patients have had their treatment upended by Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis since independence in 1948.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: In Ukraine, as in other wars, the full history will take years to tell and it will be told by women

Stories of war — the ones we tell the loudest — are often about men. But for the true cost of war to be clear, we must do a better job of telling, and hearing, the stories of women — ordinarily civilians.

Reuters

India makes inroads into Sri Lanka under China's long shadow

When Sri Lanka slid into its worst economic crisis in seven decades leading to deadly riots and alarming shortages of fuel, food and medicines earlier this year, its giant northern neighbour stepped into the breach.

Reuters

Sri Lanka's former president Rajapaksa leaves for U.S. - local media

Sri Lanka's former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who was forced out of office earlier this year following the country's economic crisis, left for the United States with his family on Monday, a reporter for Sri Lanka's Daily Mirror wrote on Twitter.

Edinburgh Live

Terrified Scottish woman 'trapped' abroad at Christmas as passport confiscated

A frantic Scottish blogger fears being stranded abroad fo six months after having her passport seized by the authorities. Kayleigh Fraser, from St Andrews, has been left devastated after British diplomats said they are unable to force the Sri Lankan

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: Sri Lankans face food crisis amid economic crunch

Rasarathnam Anushiya has struggled to feed her three children since her husband, like many other Sri Lankans, lost his job in the country's unprecedented economic crisis

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