World's most renowned and largest travel guide book and digital media publisher –"The Lonely Planet" has named Sri Lanka as number one destination in the world to visit in year 2013.

Source: Daily Mirror, Sri Lanka, 22nd October 2012

Sri Lanka's National Pastry team excelled at the recent Culinary Olympics in Frankfurt winning the National Pastry Team Award with six golds. By Harischandra Gunaratna, The Island, 17.10.2012 (dbsjeyaraj.com)

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The Sri Lanka Design Festival (SLDF) is part of the "design for sustainable development" initiative undertaken by the Academy of Design (AOD) campus. Significantly, the annual event showcases creative works from all over the country and will provide a platform to demonstrate and promote Sri Lankan products.

A Conversation with the Ambassador of Sri Lanka, Upali Sarrath Kongahage

The island in the Indian Ocean that is about 54 kilometres to the east off the southern tip of India has already had many names. The original inhabitants called it Lamka. Later, it was referred to as Tambapanni, Taprobane and Singhala. Under Portuguese rule it was called Ceilao and finally Ceylon by the Dutch and British colonial masters. When the island, which is with its 65,610 km2 a little bit smaller than Bavaria, regained its independence from the United Kingdom in 1948 the name was not changed. "Never change a winning horse," said the government in the capital Colombo, "wait and see—we have more important things to do."