A woman who survived the Indian Ocean tsunami in Sri Lanka has spent nearly 20 years helping communities rebuild from the tragedy ...

By Zinara Rathnayake Pay Drechsel is going for his daily morning walk around Talangama Wetland, in Sri Lanka’s capital ...

I always dreamed about having a menu in a restaurant where you can’t choose one dish. If you want every single dish, you’re in the right place,” Larry Jayasekara tells Observer.

I don’t like beach camping. Sand gets everywhere, the sites are often crowded, and it’s difficult to feel you’ve accomplished getting away ...

"You walk into those spaces and it just blows your mind," Australian photographer ... who missed the bright colours of her Sri Lankan homeland, and so brought them into the family home.

I skipped Christmas a while back. As Slade’s Noddy Holder yowled “It’s Chriiistmaaas!” on radios and the nation worked itself ...

Australian artist Donald Friend, along with the legendary Sri Lankan architect Geoffrey Bawa ... cultivates a sustainable ...

“GROWING IN THE mud, and yet so clean, the lotus is a symbol of purity,” writes the Sri Lankan historian Ananda K. Coomaraswamy in his 1913 book “The Arts and Crafts of India & Ceylon.” The lotus pool ...

Agriculture is not merely a way of making money by raising crops; it is not merely an industry or a business; it is ...

Josh Lomen showcases the traditional craft of willowing, casting a spotlight on the impact of willow farms on the picturesque ...

Silva served as the official photographer for five different presidents in Sri Lanka (archived link). "I am aware of the false Facebook posts. I joined Mr Premadasa's office as the official ...

This was an ancient practice that provided smallholder farmers both economic and ecological support, though now it has come to be re-explored as a potential savior for the future of Sri Lanka’s ...