The Na tree has dense, evergreen foliage. In February 1986, a tree and a flower were chosen to add to...

On July 30, 1883, an Englishman named Willi­am Somerville auctioned a lot of 6,500Ibs of tea, thus starting a tradition...

If you thought tea is an old fashioned drink, think again. A worldwide campaign is underway to wean the youngr...

Ola pre-dates paper in Sri Lanka Florence Ratwatte There is no record of when conventional wood-pulp paper made its appearance...

Have fun in the sun but beware of its power. The tropical sunshine is what attracts most tourists to Sri...

Royal Day Recalled by Maureen Seneviratne The Portuguese buildings occupied the area of the President' House. Colombo, a royal city?...

There must have been a thousand elephants, every one of them for sale. Some were draped in cloth studded with...

From a wild life expert's notebook by Ravi Prasad Herath Just as there are no lions left in Sri Lanka,...

Returning on a visit to the land of his birth after a decade of practising surgery in "the sterile, impersonal...

A REPORT BY MAUREEN SENEVIRATNE It is unlikely that the average visitor to Sri Lanka will go to Kooragalla. Yet...