Christmas in Sri Lanka Preparation for this great day begins weeks before, as in any other country. The festive sound or annoying sound of fireworks waking you up at dawn every morning of December is the first intimation that Christmas is round the corner. Despite the fact that nearly 70% of population are practicing Buddhism while another 15% of people are Hindus, only a 7% of Sri Lanka’s population are Christians It is celebrated by

Speaking with the locals Sinhalese  known natively as Sinhala is the native language of the Sinhalese people, who make up the largest ethnic group in Sri Lanka, numbering about 16 million. Sinhalese is also spoken as a second language by other ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, totalling about four million. It belongs to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European languages. Sinhalese is written using the Sinhalese script, which is one of the Brahmic scripts, a

When four great minds come together they create something that is simply authentic, different and a total success. That is what happened with a new bar and restaurant named Toro (which is Spanish for bull) ideally located opposite the Jetwing Sea hotel in Palagathura which is Negombo Beach North. The four great minds are: Krishan (the owner) who has many years experience as a local caterer and a chef. He worked at Rodeo for many

Facebook Tests Splitting Its News Feed Into Two Facebook Inc. said it was testing the idea of dividing its News Feed in two, separating commercial posts from personal news. The Facebook News Feed is a series of posts such as photos from friends, updates from family members, advertisements and material from celebrities or other pages that a user has liked. The test, which is occurring in six smaller countries, now offers two user feeds, according

Emirates Airbus A380 lands at Colombo Emirates’ double decked Airbus A380 aircraft will make a one-off landing at the Colombo’s Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA), Katunayake, in Sri Lanka on the 14th August 2017, the first airline to land this wide-body aircraft at the airport’s new resurfaced runway. The special flight will be the first A380 aircraft to disembark passengers in Sri Lanka after completing a commercial service. The one-off A380 aircraft will arrive at 16:10