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Amid financial turmoil, US backs Sri Lankan debt restructuring

US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen says the US will support the restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt and will extend financing assurances to the country. This as Sri Lanka suffers its worst economic crisis in seven decades. We report on how fishermen are having to use oars instead of motors to…

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United States backs Sri Lanka's debt restructuring effort

The United States will support the restructuring of Sri Lanka's debt and extend financing assurances to the crisis-hit island nation, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in a letter seen by Reuters.

Reuters

Morning Digest | India gets its first intra-nasal COVID vaccine; Sri Lanka beats India by 6 wickets in Asia Cup Super 4 clash, and more

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US authors Strout, Everett among Booker Prize finalists

American authors Elizabeth Strout and Percival Everett are up against writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka as finalists for the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction

The Independent UK

No kerosene, no food, Sri Lanka's fishermen say

As the sun rose over Sri Lanka one morning in late August, around a dozen fishermen were laying out their nets on a beach in Mannar, a small island just off the country's northwestern coast, the start of the day's work.

Reuters

‘I’ve no idea how we’ll pick a winner’: the challenge of a spectacular Booker shortlist

From a surreal African kingdom to a Sri Lankan afterlife, via murder, morality, grief and healing … One of this year’s prize judges assesses the six finalists they must choose between

The Guardian - UK

Sri Lanka must ‘reverse the drift towards militarisation’: UN

Latest UN report calls on Sri Lanka to end its human rights violations as country faces its worst economic crisis.

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24 persons, including Sri Lankan nationals, arrested in Kerala over suspected illegal immigration

Searches after tip-off from Tamil Nadu Q Branch police

The Hindu

Asia Cup, Super 4 | Men in Blue on the brink of elimination after losing to Sri Lanka

However, Rohit’s dismissal triggered a slide as India added 63 runs after being 110 for three in the 13th over

The Hindu

Sri Lanka has an IMF deal, now it courts China and India

(Corrects paragraph 30 to show Center for Financial Stability is based in New York, not London)

Reuters

India vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Asia Cup

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The Independent UK

Sri Lanka refuses international human rights investigation

Sri Lanka says it will not accept any international investigation imposed by the U.N. Human Rights Council into alleged rights abuses during the country’s long civil war

The Independent UK

Sri Lankan Govt appoints committee to facilitate return of refugees in Tamil Nadu

According to the official statement, about 58,000 Sri Lankans are currently residing in Tamil Nadu as refugees and only 3,800 of them are ready to return to Sri Lanka at present

The Hindu

Sri Lanka appoints committee for repatriation of refugees from India - statement

Sri Lanka's government has appointed a committee to facilitate the repatriation of Sri Lankan refugees from India, according to a statement from the government on Monday.

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Sri Lanka minister says amendment trimming presidential powers expected to become law in couple of weeks

Sri Lanka Foreign Minister Ali Sabry said on Monday a new constitutional amendment trimming presidential powers is expected to become law in couple of weeks.

Reuters

Bangladesh will not face a situation like Sri Lanka, PM Hasina says

Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has said her country will not face a situation like the economic crisis in Sri Lanka although her government has sought loans from global agencies amid a fall in its reserves and surging import costs.

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Sri Lanka's economic crisis pushes millions into poverty as government seeks IMF bailout

As Sri Lankans battle a calamitous decline in living standards, they find themselves forced to skip meals, ration medicine and turn to firewood in place of cooking gas.

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Asia Cup: Sri Lanka subdues Afghanistan

The Islanders’ collective batting might trumps Rahmanullah Gurbaz’s 45-ball 84

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Asia Cup 2022 ‘Super Four’ | Gurbaz’s dashing strokeplay takes Afghanistan to competitive total against Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan team remain unchanged while Afghanistan made one change to its side.

Newslaundry

Daily Dose Ep 1141: BJP MPs booked for trespassing, Rajasthan cook held for discrimination

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from Bihar, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Telangana, Rajasthan, and Sri Lanka.

Bangkok Post

Ousted Sri Lanka leader faces arrest calls

COLOMBO: Deposed Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa faced calls for his arrest Saturday after returning home from self-imposed exile under the protection of his successor's government.

The Independent UK

With no immunity, Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa faces legal troubles

Sri Lanka’s ousted President Gotabaya Rajapaksa could face legal action over forced disappearances of activists now that he has been stripped of constitutional immunity following his return home

WEKU

Sri Lanka's ousted president returns home after fleeing

Sri Lanka's former president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled the country in July after tens of thousands of protesters stormed his home and office in a display of anger over the country's economic crisis.

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International: Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Sri Lanka

Former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returned to Sri Lanka on Saturday, less than two months after he fled the country following a mass revolt against the country's worst economic crisis, a media report said. Read more on Dynamite News:

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Morning Digest | Sri Lanka’s former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns home from Thailand; India to host Quad senior officials’ meeting next week, and more

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