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Sri Lanka Day Expo 2010 Information

By Wasana Ekanayake

This year’s Sri Lanka Day Expo will be held on August 7, 2010 at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. The event will run from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m., and will showcase all the favorites from years before, such as authentic Sri Lankan food stalls, novelty items, stage acts, and the... »

Postcard From Jaffna

By Wasana Ekanayake

By Amantha Perera The civil war in Sri Lanka may be over, but you can buy a land mine on the side of the road in Jaffna — though they’re more likely to explode in your mouth than anywhere else. In the main city on Sri Lanka’s northernmost peninsula, besieged by 2½ decades of... »

Bernard Cribbins’s Heaven On Earth: Sri Lanka

By Wasana Ekanayake

Bernard Cribbins loves Sri Lanka for its superb weather, great food, and welcoming people. My wife and I had a marvelous holiday in Sri Lanka.  A friend had raved about it; we went – and had the time of our lives. Our pal suggested we base ourselves at a guesthouse near Mount Lavinia, near... »

Yahoo! Travel Magazine Ranks Sri Lanka Among Top 10

By Wasana Ekanayake

Sri Lanka is among the top 10 most affordable destinations in the world, according to the German-language Yahoo! Travel Magazine. The other countries recommended by the magazine for a ‘memorable holiday’ are Malaysia, Thailand, India, Bulgaria, Croatia, Mexico, Turkey, Egypt, and Hungary. Meanwhile, travel analysts expect that in 2010, the global tourist industry will... »

Sri Lankan War Zone Doctor Stands For Election

By Wasana Ekanayake

By Charles Haviland A doctor who worked in Sri Lanka’s war zone during last year’s civil war is standing for a pro-government party in parliamentary elections. Dr. V. Shanmugarajah gave high casualty figures to aid agencies and the media from within the combat zone. The government doctor is believed to have been enlisted by... »

Sri Lanka Building First State-Owned Power Plant

By Wasana Ekanayake

With massive development projects taking place in Sri Lanka’s southern port town of Hambanthota, the government has taken an initiative to build the country’s first state-owned solar power plant. The project, which will cost a sum of US $13.5 million, will be built at Buruthakanda in Hambanthota.  The proposed power plant, which is funded... »

Tragedy at Kalutara

By Wasana Ekanayake

By Shanika Sriyananda The entire nation weeps, their minds focused on a single prayer – “breathe boy … breathe.”  Lying like a vegetable, the frail, bony, little boy is fighting for life.  (Amila died yesterday at the Lady Ridgeway Children’s Hospital in Colombo). One would think that people are immune to shocks after all... »

Sri Lanka Opens New Mannar Bridge

By Wasana Ekanayake

Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa today ceremoniously opened the bridge that links Mannar Island to the mainland. Mannar Island, situated on the northwestern coast of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province is linked to the mainland by a causeway.  The old bridge was destroyed during the war between the Tamil Tiger rebels, and the Sri Lanka... »

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Sri Lanka Day Expo 2010 Information

By Wasana Ekanayake

This year’s Sri Lanka Day Expo will be held on August 7, 2010 at the Third Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. The event... »