The late Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s most celebrated architect, spent about 50 years at his country estate, Lunuganga, on the ...

If historical marvels are more your vibe, don’t miss Sigiriya. This ancient rock fortress, built atop a giant granite rock, ...

If there's one thing that defines Sri Lanka's ... Lunu Miris: Pol roti is a thick, coconut-infused flatbread that pairs beautifully with lunu miris, a fiery chili and onion sambol.

Most detractors of the NPP claimed, before last year’s elections, that Sri Lanka would find itself in the same predicament as Oceania in Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four, if the JVP-led alliance was ...

If there are no coconuts in the stores, all you miss is a pol sambol or a kiri hodi ... were buying cheaper coconuts from the Caribbean or Africa and selling them at Sri Lanka’s jacked-up prices.

No longer is a Sri Lankan’s home his castle ... scraped and frittered away to make a pol sambol or ‘kiri hoddha’ in the kitchen. It was this profligate habit that lay at the root of shortages and high ...