Monthly Archives: March 2010
Tiny Improvements in Thousand Places
Sri Lanka is a beautiful country with golden beaches, breathtaking waterfalls, pictorial mountains and scenic greenery all around. As the famous writer Bernard Shaw rightly stated “heaven is just one mile away from Sri Lanka”. But drastic ill-planned industrialisation and …

Sri Lanka Cricket Venues
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo: Floodlights:Yes Capacity:40,000 Named after Former Sri Lanka president Ranasinghe Premadasa End names Khettarama End, Scoreboard End Home team(s) Sri Lanka Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium: Dambulla, Sri Lanka Capacity: 30,000 Floodlights: Yes End names Press Box End, …

The Emperor at Crescat City
Ascending to it’s rightful perch atop Colombo’s skyline, is the Emperor at Crescat City. The ‘Emperor’ a majestic residential apartment tower expected to soar to a height of 35 storeys will comprise of 163 luxury apartments. The building will be …

British High Commission Colombo 7 Completed
In 2001 Richard Murphy Architects won a limited competition for the design of a new British High Commission HQ in the Sri Lankan capital of Colombo. The commission is an exciting international development for the practice and it is also …

The Japanese government donated to Sri Lanka a 650-million rupee worth satellite system
The Japanese government donated to Sri Lanka a 650-million rupee worth satellite system, which allows the meteorology department to automatically gather data from the 38 weather stations across the country. The picture shows Minister of Disaster Management and Human Rights …

Ceylon and Sri Lanka Stamp Image Library
ceylonstamps.com developing project aimed at creating an online database with images of all the stamps issued in Ceylon/Sri Lanka from the very first 1857 6d right up to the latest issue. We require your assistance to create this comprehensive database. …

Five things to know about the DSi XL
What do you do when you’ve conquered the world? Try conquering it again, I guess. Such is the position that Nintendo finds itself in, at least if the world you’re talking about is that of the portable gaming scene. …

International Motor Race Track in Sri Lanka
A plan to construct an international standard motor race track in Sri Lanka has been initiated at Tissamaharama in the Hambantota district. The project is expected to be completed in three phases and the final deliverable, which is an FIA …
