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Sri Lanka added to UK’s ‘red list’

Sri Lanka added to UK’s ‘red list’

SRI LANKA was last week included in the ‘red list’ of Britain, along with seven other countries.

Afghanistan, Bahrain, Costa Rica, Egypt, Sudan, and Trinidad & Tobago are the other six countries added to the red list last Thursday (3).


The UK government also announced that as part of a limited trial, from Tuesday (8), direct flights will be permitted to England from countries on the ‘red list’ that were previously subject to flight bans, so long as they arrive at dedicated terminals at Heathrow and Birmingham airports, The Sun reported.

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David Szalay wins Booker Prize 2025 for Flesh, hailed by judges as a rare novel about men and meaning

David Szalay wins the 2025 Booker Prize in London for his novel Flesh.

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David Szalay wins Booker Prize 2025 for Flesh, hailed by judges as a rare novel about men and meaning

Highlights:

  • British-Hungarian writer takes home £50,000 (₹58.4 lakh) for Flesh
  • Kiran Desai and Andrew Miller among shortlisted names
  • Judges call it “dark but a joy to read”
  • Sarah Jessica Parker part of the judging panel
  • All six shortlisted writers get £2,500 each and a special bound copy of their book.

David Szalay, the British-Hungarian author, has won the 2025 Booker Prize for Flesh. The book follows a Hungarian émigré who makes and loses a fortune, told in Szalay’s trademark sparse prose.

The prize £50,000 (around ₹58.4 lakh) was announced Monday night at Old Billingsgate in London. Last year’s winner Samantha Harvey handed him the trophy. Szalay looked calm on stage, detached, even. He’s been here before when he was shortlisted in 2016 for All That Man Is.

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