When it comes to health we look for THE BEST! Of course in these times best quality at a reasonable price. So, the best hospital in Colombo City of the hospitals in Sri Lanka is without doubt The Central (located at Col-10)! I have been there a couple of times (No worries, I’m fine), and to some other hospitals like ...
Many of us women whether we are working, studying or at home we tend to be conscious of ourselves. Well I guess it is a part and parcel of being a woman. No way are we ready to be caught with foul smells. That is what my topic today is all about. If you are thinking of purchasing a Fa ...
been four years since I purchased my Samsung Champ (GT – C3300K). I bought it in the year 2010 for Rs. 10,500/= I really think it was worth the money. The full touch option has made many people say “Oh this must be an expensive phone!” “Wow a full touch phone!” I’m not this really smooth phone user. I have ...
I have been using the Dove Damage Therapy Intense Repair shampoo for quite sometime now. May be about 2 to 3 years. I am really satisfied with this product. I have kind of curly thick unruly hair that gets knotted easily. The conditioner really works wonders with the knots. It detangles the hair like no other conditioner I have used ...
Hi Guys, Sri Lanka News Online will now be providing you reviews on products, so that you will get to know the REAL LIFE experiences of REAL PEOPLE before you purchase products. We will now be telling you everything you need to know about shopping in Sri Lanka. From food to clothing to fashion accessories and much much more. You ...
Below you can see Google search engine statistics that show the number of times Search Engine Optimisation or SEO Sri lanka related word phrases (known as keywords/terms) are were being searched locally in Google every month. This shows that Sri Lankan people and businesses are slowly but surely realizing the value of Internet Marketing via SEO or Search Engine Optimisation. Search ...
This is how the Pettah Moratuwa public transport buses looked like in the 1970′s. Looking at the background of the photo I think this was taken when the bus was passing the Wellawatha-Dehiwela bridge in Galle road. Thanks to: Mrs. Uthpala Dilhan
Sri Lanka is under water again…. Here are some pictures of flooded bits of roads I encountered on my way to Colombo today morning. I encountered FOUR such flooded places in the roads on my way today from Wattala To Colombo. This flooded bit of road is in the place called Pansala Junction in Hunupitiya, Wattala area close to Kelaniya. It is ...
Have you heard about the new shopping and service centers coming up in the Colombo Southern E1 expressway? I got some photographs of them on the way to Galle recently. Here they are. I took these photos using my normal Nokia phone’s camera. They aren’t high quality photos but you can see the new buildings of the southern expressway shopping ...
One of the most discussed topics in Sri Lanka today is the the unrest in our neighbourly Maldive islands with the democratically elected president Mr. Ibrahim Nasheed’s resignation. Many Sri Lankan websites and bloggers have been writing a lot about it. But these articles focus almost exclusively on current Maldivian politics and maybe some bits of Maldivian history. However among these ...
A Special Malay Rice Dish Called “Nasi Goreng” Have you tasted Sri Lankan Malay foods? Frankly, until recently I handn’t. So I went with a friend to have dinner at this place auspiciously called as the, “Malay Restaurant” in Dehiwala Hill Street. When we went we saw they had several special Malay dishes I wanted to tryout like Malay Dum ...
Here are some photos of the Colombo Dehiwala beach. From faraway it still looks beautiful and picturesque. But when you go and walk around the beach all kinds of swear words will come to your mouth. I’m sad to say, Dehiwela beach is on the fast track to become another polluted and garbage filled stretch of city beach, like you find ...
Even though Sri Lanka is a small and developing country, it currently has one of the busiest container port and largest harbour in the world. The Colombo port in Sri Lanka which is currently ranked as the 29th busiest port in the world in Wikipedia’s list of world’s busiest container ports. Above Pic: A New 1.5km long container quay of ...
What is the best place to buy clothes in Sri Lanka? I get queried often about the fashion stores in Sri Lanka, shopping in Colombo and about Colombo cloth shops. So I made the below list of the what I think are the Top 10 Fashion Stores in Sri Lanka. Nolimit Fashion Store in Wellawatte, Colombo 6 This list of ...
Here you see some photos of the Dehiwela Flyover bridge over the Colombo Galle Road at the Dehiwela Junction. At a glance anyone who looks at this flyover bridge which was built at record breaking speed of just three months in 2009 will see it as a sign of big development in Sri Lanka. However as you will learn from ...
Most of the people think detecting counterfeit money using technological devices is done only at banks. However this is no longer true. As you can see from the photos here, today even normal retail shops in Sri Lanka have started to use technological devices known as counterfeit money detectors to detect fake money. I managed to take these photos of ...
If you visit Trincomalee area in North Eastern Sri Lanka you can find many tourist attractions to occupy your time. Some of them are the hot water springs in Kanniyayi, the Trincomalee Harbour, the Pigeon Island, the old Dutch Fort, the Nilaveli beach and other beaches for surfing, scuba diving, fishing and whale watching, not to mention the town itself ...
An elephant walks in front of the Elephant Park hotel after a bath in MaOya river – (Photo was taken by my cousin in a recent visit to Pinnawela If you want to get the most of a visit to see wild Asian elephants at Pinnawala Elephant Orphanage in Sri Lanka then you [...]
After 15 years of plans and just idle talk from authorities, the Marine Drive in Colombo that currently runs parallel to the Galle Road is now being extended to Dehiwela. The first stage of the new Dehiwela Marine drive road seems to be the construction of a bridge over the old Dutch canal that separates [...]
I just received the following SMS message on my mobile phone from Dialog Adaderana News Alerts. “All websites that publish news on Sri Lanka or its people from here or elsewhere requested to register with the Media Ministry-Govt Info dept- adaderana.lk – SMS Time: 05/11/2011 17:07:21″ As a average middle class citizen of Sri Lanka [...]
