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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...

Returning on a visit to the land of his birth after a decade of practising surgery in "the sterile, impersonal environment of England, Dr Sanjiva Wijesinha had the privilege of...

A REPORT BY MAUREEN SENEVIRATNE It is unlikely that the average visitor to Sri Lanka will go to Kooragalla. Yet practically everyone vi its Kandy, the most popular time being...

Details of the grand parade By Kalpana Isaac. Photos: Suresh de Silva For two weeks at the end of July and into the first few days of August, the hill...

Suresh de Silva One of the first people to greet you when you enter the arrivals hall at Colombo International Airport is a member of Explore Sri Lanka's public relations...

Carol Ratnaweera sees a new sparkle in the resplendent isle. Yala game sanctuary: Diamonds on the boundary Recent findings may lead to the discovery of diamonds on a large scale...