I'm no stranger in Colombo; this is my third visit here in as many years. You only have to walk past Galle Face Road to sense a new energy that's sweeping Sri Lanka's capital. There's no better ...

Zinara Rathnayake is a writer based in India and Sri Lanka with bylines in The New York Times, BBC, CNN, Atlas Obscura, and others. Her work largely focuses on travel, food, and culture, among others.

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Jacqueline Fernandez is excited about opening her first restaurant in her in her hometown Colombo. The Kaema Sutra restaurant will serve Sri Lankan cuisine. The Sri Lankan star, who is popular in ...

Colombo restaurants are likely to request customers to produce their vaccination cards when looking to dine-in, in future. Harpo Gooneratne, President of the Colombo City Restaurant Collective told ...