COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — In Sri Lanka, a country torn by violence, the holiday season is perhaps most poignant for a small minority that has not been part of the ethnic strife at all. They call t… ...

Today only about 34,000 Burghers are left in the Sri Lanka - down from a high of 100,000. Before the tsunami, the community had planned to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Portuguese arrival in ...

Race is a touchy issue almost everywhere in the world but nowhere is this more pronounced than in countries where there is a plurality of peoples. ... It revealed some interesting facts on the ...

Remembered Yesterdays by J. Godwin Perera Of those Burghers, Oh! Those Burghers, we can only dream In the Arts, in Sports, in Law , or the Groves of Academe They were the brightest of the bright, the ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's presidential election race gathered pace on Thursday, as 39 candidates submitted nomination papers to the Election Commission by the deadline ahead of the vote on ...