COLOMBO - The Taj Samudra, the flagship property here of Taj Hotels India, sits on what is arguably the best location in Sri Lanka's capital. Overlooking the Indian Ocean, it is the only five-star hotel in this city from which guests can walk out straight into the...
In Sri Lanka, Former Battle Zone in Search of a Business Boom
PARANTHAN, Sri Lanka - It is an odd location to open a new restaurant, right in front of a row of buildings whose roofs have been blown off by artillery fire and whose walls are pockmarked by gunfire. But the new Rusi Restaurant in Paranthan town in Kilinochchi...
Buddhist Monks Brawl at Sri Lanka Peace Protest
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - When saffron-clad Buddhists monks and Catholic priests and nuns in white are joined by Muslim and Hindu leaders in an interfaith rally for peace, the last thing anyone would expect is that their pacific efforts would end in fisticuffs. Chanting...
Sri Lankans Fear Ceasefire’s End
KILINOCHCHI, Sri Lanka - There are slim hopes that the Sri Lankan government and rebel Tamil Tigers will restart peace talks soon after four people, including a top renegade Tiger fighter, were shot dead in growing factional fighting in the country. The killings on...