An Australian parliamentary delegation led by the Australian Deputy Opposition Leader Julie Bishop that visited Sri Lanka during the end of January has praised the work done in the North & East of the Island within such a short period since the end of war.
Colombo is among the least expensive cities in the world, according to an annual survey by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). The EIU worldwide cost of living index released Monday ranked Colombo as the seventh least expensive city in the world.
Two Sri Lankan elephants in Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan, delivered a female baby elephant on Tuesday, 29th January, being the first Asian elephant to be born at Higashiyama Zoo and the 6th Asian elephant to be born in Japan. Anula (11 years) and Kogala (8 years) were brought to Higashiyama Zoo in 2007 from the Pinnawela Orphanage in Sri Lanka.
Slowly the shades of the coconut trees become visible in front of the skyline getting alight in a milky way. Sidampalam, the old man, which has been responsible for the greenery in the small resort Stardust Beach near Pottuvil at the Southern East Coast, clears the leaves and blossoms. At the East Coast of Sri Lanka, a new day is beginning.
Declared the best value tourism destination in 2013 by Lonely Planet, Sri Lanka received its first-ever tourism coffee table book titled 'Refreshingly Sri Lanka', authored by Dr. Nalaka Godahewa, former Chairman of Sri Lanka Tourism.