Spicy Wicket (formerly Upali’s) is known for its $16 lunch sets, which come with rice, three vegetable dishes, pappadums and ...

Ray Jayawardhana, the incoming president, is an astrophysicist, but leaders at the California Institute of Technology also ...

Jeev Milkha Singh and his son Harjai recently competed against each other in Colombo, an event that culminated with Jeev ...

A new report from International Living highlights 11 destinations where the cost of living is low, the quality of life is ...

Presented in alphabetical order, this list offers sometimes overlooked books of fiction by local writers released this year.

The Memphis Zoo's latest conservation effort is well underway in Sri Lanka. The effort seeks to keep animals safe and to root ...

The country’s president said the nationwide flooding after the storm hit last week was the most challenging natural disaster in the island nation’s history. A man is carried through flooded streets on ...

Sri Lanka, a treasure trove of spice gardens, gives you a chance to explore the natural beauty and rich agricultural heritage of the island nation. The spice gardens are not just a treat for the eyes ...

Anyone who’s visited Sri Lanka will be familiar with “Lanka time”, a smiling shorthand for the untroubled contempt for punctuality held by many Sri Lankans. Everything takes twice as long as promised, ...

Sri Lanka’s foremost biodiversity scientist, Dr. Rohan Pethiyagoda, describes this country as “a veritable Garden of Eden for evolutionary scientists.” Speaking to The Sunday Island, he warned that ...

In 2011 my father inaugurated Sri Lanka’s first open air, urban butterfly garden at our MJF Centre West in Moratuwa, on the outskirts of Colombo. Yesterday it was reopened – an expanded, revitalised ...