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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka needs $5 billion, help from China for essentials

Sri Lanka will need $5 billion over the next six months to ensure basic living standards, and is renegotiating the terms of a yuan-denominated swap worth $1.5 billion with China so as to fund essential imports, the prime minister said on Tuesday.

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Crisis-hit Sri Lanka gets $55-million credit line from India for fertilisers

Sri Lanka's cabinet has approved a $55-million credit line from India's Exim Bank for the crisis-stricken Indian Ocean nation to buy fertilisers, a cabinet spokesman said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Sri Lanka’s economic crisis threatens its dollar-earning IT firms

Sri Lanka’s IT sector is trying to retain talent with dollar-linked salaries as young professionals look to exodus.

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Sri Lanka president vows to finish term, won’t run for re-election

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — President Gotabaya Rajapaksa vowed to finish the remaining two years in his term despite month-slong street protests calling for his ouster, but won’t stand for re-election as he focuses on fixing a financial mess that tipped Sri Lanka into its worst-ever economic crisis.

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Sri Lanka's president vows to finish term, but won't run for re-election -Bloomberg

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa will finish the remaining two years of his term despite months-long street protests calling for his ouster but won’t stand for re-election, he told Bloomberg.

Reuters

Aussies stick with Smith for T20 opener

Josh Inglis has been squeezed out of Australia's XI for the opening Twenty20 against Sri Lanka, with Test star Steve Smith keeping his spot in the middle order.

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Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy

It has been nearly three weeks since Ranil Wickremesinghe took over as prime minister of Sri Lanka with a daunting mandate to pull the crisis-weary country from the brink of an economic abyss that threatens to tear it apart

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Sri Lanka vs Australia LIVE: Cricket score and updates from Australia in Sri Lanka 2022

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Hazlewood to capitalise on white-ball form

Unsure of his spot in Australia's Test team, star quick Josh Hazlewood is looking to continue his hot white-ball form during the tour of Sri Lanka.

AAP

Former Australian under-19 cricketer Jamie Mitchell sues Cricket Australia over sexual abuse allegations

Jamie Mitchell is taking the sport's governing body to court over allegations he was abused by a member of the team's staff during a 1985 under-19 tour of India and Sri Lanka.

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Stalin assures Sri Lankan envoy of second shipment of essential commodities

Several topics, including the fishermen issue, were discussed during the meeting

The Hindu

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka hopes for over $1 billion in foreign investment this year

Sri Lanka is aiming to attract well over $1 billion in foreign direct investment this year, an official said on Friday, as the country wrestles with its worst financial crisis since independence in 1948.

Reuters

Q Branch police arrest Sri Lankan national; his accomplice

They were planning to migrate to U.K. illegally.

The Hindu

Malinga to be Sri Lanka's bowling strategy coach against Australia

Former Sri Lankan pacer Lasith Malinga held the same role of bowling strategy coach when the national team toured Australia in February

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Sri Lanka seeks to secure $5 billion in funds for import payments

Sri Lanka seeks to secure around $5 billion in funding this year to cover repayments for fuel imports and other items bought through credit lines, and another $1 billion to bolster its foreign reserves, the prime minister's office said on Thursday.

The Hindu

Modi made India proud: Bandi Sanjay

Telangana going the way of Sri Lanka with economic crisis

The Hindu

New Australia coach Andrew McDonald tests COVID positive, to miss start of Sri Lanka tour

Ahead of his first tour since becoming Australia’s cricket head coach, Andrew McDonald will be forced to miss the start of the Sri Lanka series after testing positive for COVID-19

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Out-of-form Mominul Haque steps down as Bangladesh Test captain after series loss to Sri Lanka

Bangladesh Test captain Mominul Haque has managed only 162 runs from six Tests this year, leading him to quit captaincy ahead of the West Indies tour

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Aussie coach McDonald to miss Tour start

New Australian cricket coach Andrew McDonald will miss the start of the upcoming tour of Sri Lanka after testing positive for COVID-19.

Al Jazeera

Sri Lanka court suspends pardon to Rajapaksa aide Duminda Silva

Duminda Silva, a former legislator convicted of murder, was granted a pardon last year by President Rajapaksa.

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Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka LIVE: Cricket score and updates from ICC World Test Championship 2021-23

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India sends one more consignment of 40,000 MT of diesel to crisis-hit Sri Lanka

With the economy in crisis and facing shortage of Forex, the Indian support has provided a lifeline to Sri Lanka

Reuters

Sri Lanka appeals for farmers to plant more rice as food shortage looms

Sri Lanka wants farmers to plant more rice as part of plans to avert a severe food shortage, a top official said on Tuesday, as experts warned of a 50% drop in production that would worsen the impact of its already-severe financial crisis.

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Why Young Protesters in Sri Lanka Are Wary of Traditional Politics

Sri Lanka is facing one of the worst economic crises in recent decades, triggering public anger and mass protests, which have fostered unity across ethnic and religious lines.

Reuters

Global refiners falter in efforts to keep up with demand

Refiners worldwide are struggling to meet global demand for diesel and gasoline, exacerbating high prices and aggravating shortages from big consumers like the United States and Brazil to smaller countries like war-ravaged Ukraine and Sri Lanka.

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