Colombo's International Airport at Katunayake is fast keeping pace with the new passenger demands for convenience, speed, and safety in a special facilities development programme. Many new facilities have been...
Read moreHans Baedeker Deep in the jungle fastness of Ruhuna in southeastern Sri Lanka is a shrine which the traditions of more than two thousand years have made into one of the...
Read moreLucien Rajakarunanayake Lankatilaka Vihara, Handessa, Kandy Many a Buddhist temple in Sri Lanka is a rare gallery of art. While the massive proportions, and yet serene appearance, of the Buddha...
Read moreShirani Rajapakse The rugged young man tanned a dark brown by the blazing sun sits down on the payment. He rummages inside one of his dirty cloth bags and brings...
Read moreVirginia Diehl Mention the word "Poker" in America and it conjures up images of card games played in smoke-filled saloons in the Wild West, or in modern-day elegant card rooms...
Read moreYvonne Shokman Polonnaruwa, situated 102km to the east of Anuradhapura, was the second royal city of medieval Sri Lanka. It served as the nation's capital from 1070-1255 AD. Unlike Anuradhapura, which...
Read moreWhy 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....
Read moreChandra 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....
Read moreFelician 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...
Read moreDegaldoruwa 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...
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