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Sri Lanka’s Peace Dividend Perks Up Economy

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 largest sea-fronted green esplanade in the country. Yet … Continue reading “Sri Lanka’s Peace Dividend Perks Up Economy”

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 district here in the north of Sri … Continue reading “In Sri Lanka, Former Battle Zone in Search of a Business Boom”

Senate Report Urges Warmer Ties With Sri Lanka

Despite ongoing concern about the country’s human rights situation, the United States should seek a more positive relationship with strife-torn Sri Lanka, primarily for geopolitical reasons, according to a new report released here Monday by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The 18-page report, which was released on the eve of a two-day visit to the … Continue reading “Senate Report Urges Warmer Ties With Sri Lanka”

US Govt Report Adds to Pressure for Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe

The U.S. State Department released a report Thursday detailing possible violations of the laws of war in Sri Lanka during the first half of 2009, adding to pressure for an independent, international investigation into alleged atrocities committed by government forces and Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) separatists. "The government of Sri Lanka has said … Continue reading “US Govt Report Adds to Pressure for Sri Lanka War Crimes Probe”

Sri Lankan Govt. Rebukes Tamil ‘Propaganda Machine’

UNITED NATIONS – The Sri Lankan government, which has come under heavy fire for the massive humanitarian crisis in the country’s war zone, is winning the 25-year-old military conflict but is on the verge of losing the propaganda war overseas. "It is a very stressful time here," said Sri Lanka’s Foreign Secretary Palitha Kohona, a … Continue reading “Sri Lankan Govt. Rebukes Tamil ‘Propaganda Machine’”