Explore Sri Lanka

Chandra Perera Ready - made batik clothes a popular export item. The Government of Sri Lanka is acutely conscious of the fact that foreign exchange earned through exports is vital...

Christine Jayasinghe Every Monday and Tuesday the tea trade converges on a stately old building in Fort, Colombo's busy commercial centre, to conduct a 105-year-old ritual of buying and selling...

A full year has now past since EXPLORE SRI IANKA augmented Colombo's increasingly exciting nightlife by introducing its unique entertainment programme, COLOMBO BY NIGHT, in its ongoing efforts to promote...

A sight so common but very dear and still admired is Colombo's Galle Face Green. In the early morning rush it gladdens the heart and lightens the spirit of passers-by...

Jeya Ratnam The National Zoological Gardens, a mile or two south of Colombo's city limits, is one of Asia's most famous zoos. The collection of 500 species of birds, mammals,...

Lal Anthonis For a little island only 140 by 270 miles, Sri Lanka has a fascinating variety of wild terrain. These 'jungles' cover about one tenth of the total area...

For the majority of tourists coming through Colombo, casinos are likely to be an afterthought. Mostly tourists come to Sri Lanka for a sunny holiday on the seemingly endless stretches...

Rodney Jonklaas The Dutch if you must know, decided to invade Ceylon, as it was then called, in the latter 16 hundreds. I am told they did this rather cautiously,...

Maureen Seneviratne The concept of a "Wishing Tree" that gives good things to those who need and deserve them is a mystical notion as old as man; and the "Tree...

Stanley Welgampola Sedately seated amidst the placid waters of Colombo's Beira Lake is an imposing structure of Oriental architecture which lends to its urban surroundings a quiet and serene beauty....