Just as Sri Lanka's civil war exploded in the early 1980s, a new nighttime sound began to spread from odd corners of the country's capital: the rapid beat of steel blades. The rhythms flowed out of ...

I am writing to you after seeing the tricks you and others in your party are getting up to these days to try and get into the next Parliament. Paradise being a democracy, you are allowed to do so.

You get plenty of bang for your buck here, as daily lunch and dinner buffets offer red-hot Sri Lankan curries of potato, meat or fish, plus plenty of pickles and loads of bread. Try the string ...