Explore Sri Lanka

Why don't you try a little of the local stuff?" asked my chauffeur-guide-friend as we cooled off by beautiful Weligame Bay at the end of a pleasant but tiring day....

Chandra Perera The economic policies of the government are designed to attract foreign investment on a large scale to build up the country's economy. Foreign investments are protected by specific....

Felician Fernando A display of ornamental brassware at a street junction at Kollupitiya, Colombo. When driving along a street leading to the elite residential area of Colombo, take a turn...

Degaldoruwa Rajamahavihara - in Gunnepana, a suburb of Kandy Photographs by Gamini Jayasinghe Degaldoruwa - Rajamahavihara A temple in the Kandy district at Gunnepana. The paintings belong to the 18th...

Maureen Seneviratne In the range of creative handicrafts in Sri Lanka, ivory carvings have taken a very important place. Ivory seems to have used lavishly for personal ornaments, for decorative...

Mr John Fleming Mr. John Fleming, Chief Executive Officer of Airlanka, talks with Shalini Wadhwa of EXPWRE SRI IANKA about new strategies, plans and the role of Airlanka in reviving...

Maureen Seneviratne Torch spinners like this lead the way at the Kandy Perahera. Photo: Gamini Jayasinghe  The Kandyan dancer from Sri Lanka is an im­age familiar throughout the world. His...

Kalpana Isaac Historically masks were used in rituals to exorcise villagers' fears and illnesses. Even today, patients who require psychiatric therapy more often than not approach the Kattadiyas who dance...

D F Shopper I had never heard that Colombo had much of a reputation for duty-free shopping; instead, Sri Lanka represented to me an ideal destination for a holiday on pristine...

Maureen Seneviratne A tourist once proudly claimed that he had received a letter from home in Europe merely addressed to him by name at the postal address "Hikkaduwa" Yet Hikkaduwa...