June 1989

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...

Mil Sansoni The magpie robin is generally considered a bird of ill-omen-and all because this unfortunate bird is dressed in...

Derick McGroarty Most flights from Britain to Sri Lanka are timed for early morning arrival at Colombo airport. After a...

The aquarium exhibit in any tropical zoo is always a treat. An enthusiastic aquarist does not have far to look...

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...