Features
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The spice story from Sri Lanka
COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan and his spices can never be separated. “Well, neither can an Indian’s — we’re aware of…
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Sri Lanka is calm again. That doesn’t mean things are any better.
COLOMBO: On the surface, calm has returned to Sri Lanka since the South Asian nation plunged into political chaos and…
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Sri Lanka’s cost-of-living crunch threatens to sink millions already facing hard choices
RAMBODA: Long before the country’s first-ever international debt default in May 2022 and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, which added to…
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The Ambassador, His Swanky New Embassy and the Limits of Diplomatic Immunity
NEW YORK: The U.S. is doing a small developing country’s dirty work in prosecuting its ex-ambassador for fraud, and it…
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The rise and fall of a political dynasty that brought Sri Lanka to its knees: FRANCE 24
COLOMBO: At the height of their power, four brothers from Sri Lanka’s Rajapaksa dynasty held the presidency and the prime…
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A Letter From Sri Lanka: Galle Storm
COLOMBO: Galle Face is Colombo’s showpiece sea front. China and India have cheek-by-jowl real estate here. The Taj Samudra is…
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Mangala Samaraweera
By Daniel Alphonsus COLOMBO: “This is not a Sinhala-Buddhist country”. This war cry, triumphantly proclaimed in the deepest South after…
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PETTI-KADE
‘Petti-Kades’ were generally found in every small neighbourhood in the Sri Lanka I grew up. It was our version of…
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BISTROS OF MY CHILDHOOD
A quick ‘Google Search’ defines Bistro as a small and inexpensive restaurant. The ones we were treated to on rare…
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Major campaign to end corporal punishment in schools kicks off
COLOMBO: Stop Child Cruelty, a Colombo-based social organisation is spearheading the recently launched campaign ‘End Corporal Punishment in Sri Lanka…
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