Sri Lanka

A Guide to Dining in Sri Lanka

Culinary Etiquette When Eating Ceylonese Style Dining in Sri Lanka is still a ritual unlike in the West, so understanding the etiquette that prevails will help you get the best out of your meal. Mention the cuisine of Sri Lanka...

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Obama’s Failure to Understand Indian Distrust of China (Post-Asia Trip/Sri Lanka Press)

"At a time when Indian public opinion was looking forward to fruitful results from the forthcoming visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to the US, reports from Beijing on Obama's visit to China would strengthen the impression...

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Sri Lanka: SLA in Jaffna refuses entry to 1500 Vanni IDPs

1500 Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) from Vavuniyaa camps brought to Jaffna Friday claiming that they are from Jaffna peninsula are now being held in the abandoned Raamaavil camp in Kodikaamam as Sri Lanka Army (SLA)...

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Thrift Column

Nov 23, 2009 (LBO) - Parliamentary majorities can always be used to direct the coercive power of the state against a particular people or a group of peoples, in the absence of absolute guarantees of freedoms and equality or the...

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Overseas aid cutbacks decimate Trócaire projects

By Noel Baker Monday, November 23, 2009 TRÓCAIRE has said projects in at least 23 countries will have to be curtailed or scrapped ahead of possible cuts by Government to Overseas Development Aid. Ahead of the launch of its...

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Beverage Trade

Nov 23, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's tea industry needs to work together more closely like New Zealand's dairy industry which dominates a big share of the world's dairy trade, an industry official said. Kumar Jayasuriya, chairman...

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Sri Lanka: Counter-national conspiracy against Tamils comes to light

LTTE members either in custody or operating units in the island have become the most vulnerable to counter-Tamilnational conspiracies of Colombo government, well informed sources in Colombo indicate. The Colombo government’s...

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Mayor of Colombo says ready to contest future election - Sri Lanka

Mayor of Colombo says ready to contest future election - Sri Lanka Monday, 23 November 2009 - 10:30 AM SL Time Share On Facebook Mayor of Colombo Mohamed U. Imtiyas said he was still the City father and was ready to contest a...

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Plantations Trends

Nov 23, 2009 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Malwatte Valley Plantations said net profit for the September quarter fell six percent to 152 million rupees from a year ago with earnings from rubber up sharply but no provision made for a...

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Clashes at Christmas Island

Clashes have broken out between refugees from Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at an Australian immigration detention centre on Christmas Island. Officials took more than half an hour to break up the fights between about 150 inmates -...

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