Fred Holmes Beep-beep, beep-beep...my implacable alarm clock gently but firmly penetrates the fog that envelopes my brain at 5.30am until...

Arjuna Weerasuriya The time was quarter past five in the evening. Fathers, mothers, children, grandparents, locals and foreigners alike formed...

Christine Jayasinghe Star-crossed lovers in Sri Lanka are less likely to be plagued by a Montague and Capulet style family...

Maureen Seneviratne Discovered by the then Archaeological Commissioner, H. C. P. Bell, in 1907 and 1908, the Polonnaruwa Bronzes of...

It was not far back that Colombo was described by many as the Garden City of the East. Even in...

Preserving Unique Traditions Ishnala Samarasinghe It is a place where artists and craftsmen can practise their skills and talents undisturbed;...

Lucien Rajakarunanayake Determining the origins of the irrigation works of the ancient cities of Sri Lanka provides a constant challenge...

Rohan Maldeniya In an undertaking which would amount to more than 1.1 billion Sri Lankan rupees when completed, the UNESCO...

Vilma Wimaladasa One of the charms of the island is its infinite variety, wrote Leonard Woolf more than eighty-odd years...

Amarani Goonetilleke In the 1950s, Sri Lankan cinema was in a sad condition. Story lines, scenery, dances, songs and music...