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eLanka Newsletter – 28th September 2022 – 8th Edition Sri Lankans in Australia Click here or on the image below to read this week’s elanka Newsletter ALPHABETICALLY ARRANGED – by Des Kelly Sydney Peterites do it in style and with finesse! By Aubrey Joachim Everything is ready for the T20 Cricket World Cup 2022: Mitchell Enright- CEO of the ICC Organising Committee T 20 ලෝක කුසලාන ක්‍රිකට් තරඟාවලියේ විශේෂතා ගැන ICC සංවිධාන කමිටුවේ CEO, Michelle Enright SBS සිංහලට කියූ දෑ A Poem – unknown author. “Precious Memories” – by Des Kelly Sri Lanka announce squad for Women’s T20I Asia Cup Raga kithul toddy gains popularity in Australia Lessons Learnt from Commonwealth Games Ceylon Today. – By Dr Tilak S. Fernando First rice consignment from Australia for needy families arrives Hacker claiming Optus attack apologises in new online post as it is revealed Medicare numbers part of breach – By Raffaella ...

Sri Lanka set to begin talks to restructure debt of $30bln-by Uditha Jayasinghe Source:Zawya Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will begin on Friday the tricky task of debt renegotiation with a raft of private and bilateral creditors, including China, India and Japan, to restructure and repay nearly $30 billion that it owes. WHY THE NEED TO RESTRUCTURE DEBT? Years of economic mismanagement and the fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed foreign exchange reserves to record lows in the worst economic crisis in more than seven decades. Sri Lanka clinched a staff-level deal in September for a $2.9-billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund after its central bank declared a default on some foreign debt in April, saying payment was “challenging and impossible”. ...