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...Meanwhile, the long-anticipated peace dividend is palpable all over the country?a reminder to both sides of how much Sri Lanka has to lose if it slips back into war. In Colombo, the nation's capital, checkpoints and armored guards are still conspicuous. But many roads that were closed off for security reasons have reopened, and shiny new imported cars clog the main traffic arteries at rush hour. "This year, sales are up sharply," says Nobuhiko Kato, managing director of Toyota Lanka. Fueled by a booming financial sector that offers consumers easy purchasing plans, Toyota forecasts that the number...
...Like Singham, millions of other Sri Lankans are finally beginning to rebuild their lives. As the 20-month cease-fire between the government and the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) brings Sri Lanka its first real respite from a 20-year civil war, the island nation of 19 million people is enjoying its biggest economic boom in decades. Foreign tourists are rediscovering Sri Lanka's fabled beaches, local consumers are on a spending binge and corporate profits are surging. The economy is expected to grow by 5.5% this year. Land prices are rising, and the stock market...
...been stalled since April when the rebels walked out of negotiations. But the LTTE has decided to return to the negotiating table, offering new proposals on Friday for creating an autonomous governing body for the north and east of the country. Sore points persist: the LTTE claims that the Sri Lankan army still prevents thousands of Tamils who fled their towns during the strife from returning, and the government balks at the rebels' demand for control over the police and security forces of the country's north and east. But Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe says he wants to keep...
...ASIA Sri Lanka: Peace Dividend Japan: Get This Party Started...
...Tamil-dominated northern and eastern areas of the country, isolated for years by a government-imposed embargo. Before the peace process began, Wickremesinghe says, "we were a market of 15 million. Now we are a market of 19 million." In Dambulla, a trading town in the center of Sri Lanka, vegetable sellers now do brisk business with Jaffna, the chief city in the Tamil north: these days, large onions and pineapples are sent up north, while trucks carry small red onions, bananas and beetroots south. Cheap agricultural produce from the north is one reason why inflation has dropped to barely...