Behind every cup of world-famous Ceylon tea, there is a story of exploitation and bonded labor, said Apostolic Carmel Sister Maria Amali, whose congregation has worked among Sri Lanka's tea plantation ...

Tea plantation workers at Spring Valley Estate walk past an election poster with a portrait of the Sri Lankan president Ranil Wickremesinghe, ahead of the country's presidential election, in Badulla, ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

The establishment of Sri Lanka’s iconic tea industry dates back to 1865, when tea seeds from the Botanic Gardens in Peradeniya were planted by the then superintendent of the ‘Loolkandura’ estate in ...

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn’t expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with ...

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with ...

Whoever Sri Lanka's next president is, Muthuthevarkittan Manohari isn't expecting much to change in her daily struggle to feed the four children and elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated ...