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 ...

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 ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka's election panel gave approval on Thursday for President Ranil Wickremesinghe to contest a presidential poll set for Sept. 21 in the Indian Ocean nation, grappling ...