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What to look for in Sri Lanka in September The sowing of good crops of paddy. The meteorologists call September an inter-monsoonal month. It is the time when the monsoon...

Royston Ellis takes a look at the Maldives. Photos: Neel Jayantha When the jet circles over the islands of the Maldives you feel the pilot is looking for one large...

The Na tree has dense, evergreen foliage. In February 1986, a tree and a flower were chosen to add to the island's national symbols. The search for them was guided...

On July 30, 1883, an Englishman named Willi­am Somerville auctioned a lot of 6,500Ibs of tea, thus starting a tradition which has grown to become one of the mainstays of...

If you thought tea is an old fashioned drink, think again. A worldwide campaign is underway to wean the youngr generation away from bottled soft drinks to the healthier, exotic...

Ola pre-dates paper in Sri Lanka Florence Ratwatte There is no record of when conventional wood-pulp paper made its appearance in Sri Lanka. When it did arrive Sri Lankans had...

Have fun in the sun but beware of its power. The tropical sunshine is what attracts most tourists to Sri Lanka. While enjoying our sun, here is some advice you...

Royal Day Recalled by Maureen Seneviratne The Portuguese buildings occupied the area of the President' House. Colombo, a royal city? Yes, it was once, even if many of its citizens...

There must have been a thousand elephants, every one of them for sale. Some were draped in cloth studded with jewels, others shone as though polished. They were of many...

From a wild life expert's notebook by Ravi Prasad Herath Just as there are no lions left in Sri Lanka, the Sinharaja forest which bears the lion king's name, may...