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Ashok Abharana It's such a dazzling collection you could spend the greater part of a whole morning admiring it, was how a friend of mine, not usually wont to exaggeration,...

There was dancing, singing and garlands of coloured lamps in Colombo–the country was celebrating the Vesak festival. The garlands of multicoloured lamps and graceful lanterns cut out of cardboard showed...

Johann Raymond Fashion models are considered by some to be the cream of all models. This is probably because fashion models get the correct type of publicity. A person is...

Piarinna de Lima Are you looking for a beach holiday with a bonus? With the beauty of warm seas to encircle you, soft winds to engulf you, tame waters to...

Sanka Si Lanka is renowned for her prodigious production of gemstones, which forms an integral part of the nation's economy. And an indispensable one at that. During the past decade...

Renuk Jaya Raj Carnations being collected by the workers from the flower beds in the greenhouse. (Courtesy: "Sunday Times") The freshness and fragrance of flowers revitalizes and refreshes a flagging...

Sri Lanka's latest beach resort - Kalutara - is delightfully located between the winding Kalu Ganga and the shimmering azure sea. The British considered it the Richmond of Ceylon -...

Lucien Rajakarunayake If the road to Kandy is full of promise, arrival there is promise come true. After the commercial capital, Colombo, which is also the main port of entry,...

M B Dissanayake The Dalada Maligawa, or the Temple of the Tooth, is the very heart of Kandy, Sri Lanka's hill capital. It is today the most sacred Buddhist shrine...

Maureen Seneviratne 0n 13th June 1820 one of the most famous auction sales ever to be held in London took place in the "great room" of one Thomas King in...