Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's luxury tea makers rise to the occasion

13 May 2013

A hot cup of Ceylon tea considered soothing and relaxing, but Sri Lanka is now marketing its most profitable export as a luxury boost for the libido.

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Dalai Lama urges Buddhists to halt attacks on Muslims

9 May 2013

The Dalai Lama has implored Buddhist monks in Myanmar and Sri Lanka to put an end to a series of recent attacks on Muslims in their countries. The Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader spoke on...

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Amnesty says Sri Lankan authorities treating dissent harshly

30 Apr 2013

The Sri Lankan government is intensifying a crackdown on critics by sanctioning abuses often committed by security forces or their proxies, Amnesty International said on Tuesday.

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Gunmen torch office of Tamil newspaper in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

14 Apr 2013

Gunmen opened fire and torched the office of the main Tamil newspaper in northern Sri Lanka yesterday, the latest in a string of attacks on the nation's privately owned media.

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Cooking classes in Sri Lanka

12 Apr 2013

Sri Lankan cuisine features scorching chillies, spicy curries, crisp breakfast hoppers (a bowl-shaped pancake made from rice flour and coconut milk) and tangy pickles, and although you can taste...

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Sri Lankan president's denial over alleged execution by troops

3 Mar 2013

Britain's Channel 4 released photos last week to publicise its new documentary, No Fire Zone - The Killing Fields of Sri Lanka, alleging that soldiers had killed the slain Tamil Tiger chief's...

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Opinion

Tom Holland

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

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Photos prove army executed Tamil Tiger chief's son, says documentary maker

Photos released on Tuesday to publicise a new documentary on Sri Lanka show that government soldiers executed the 12-year-old son of separatist chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009, its director...

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Briefs, February 17, 2013

Sri Lanka's navy yesterday rescued 38 Myanmar nationals who were drifting off the island's east coast, the second batch of boatpeople to be saved in as many weeks.

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Briefs, February 9, 2013

South Korean president-elect Park Geun-hye has nominated former prosecutor Chung Hong-won as prime minister. Chung, 68, began his legal career as a prosecutor and until August 2011 served as chief...

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SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka leader rules out autonomy for Tamils

Sri Lanka’s president on Tuesday ruled out giving Tamils greater political autonomy, appearing to back away from his long-stalled promise to empower the ethnic minority as part of the country’s...

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Sri Lankan navy saves 138 Bangladeshi and Myanmar nationals

One passenger was found dead while many of the 138 plucked from the boat were dehydrated, navy spokesman Kosala Warnakulasuriya said, adding that the vessel had been adrift for 10 days before it...

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Briefs, February 3, 2013

Sri Lanka has blocked entry of a London-based group of lawyers who planned to investigate the impeachment of the island's chief justice, the International Bar Association said.

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