For the majority of tourists coming through Colombo, casinos are likely to be an afterthought. Mostly tourists come to Sri...

Rodney Jonklaas The Dutch if you must know, decided to invade Ceylon, as it was then called, in the latter...

Maureen Seneviratne The concept of a "Wishing Tree" that gives good things to those who need and deserve them is...

Stanley Welgampola Sedately seated amidst the placid waters of Colombo's Beira Lake is an imposing structure of Oriental architecture which...

If a country's worth can be measured in terms of a healthy and active banking sector, then the prognosis must...

Maureen Seneviratna Lace the delicate, flimsy, gossamer dream of those who design bridal trousseaus. The lining and edging on furnishings...

Logan Beardsley The people begin to gather by Kandy's famous lake from morning. Whole families, sometimes the population of entire...

Mil Sansoni The Gardens have been romanticised by legend and fantasy as a queen's pleasure garden and, more factually perhaps,...

Colombo's International Airport at Katunayake is fast keeping pace with the new passenger demands for convenience, speed, and safety in...

Hans Baedeker Deep in the jungle fastness of Ruhuna in southeastern Sri Lanka is a shrine which the traditions of more...