Here’s a short list of bokken Sri Lankan words and phrases you need to know if you’re Sri Lankan or if you’re in Sri Lanka. Also, ‘bokken’ isn’t included in this list, but will hopefully be in the next one.

This weekend is starting to look really interesting, with Cinnamon Colomboscope’s walks, talks and theatre performances scattered throughout the city.

Onions and dairy would ordinarily not mix, but they co-exist happily in rare’s excellent seeni sambol and sprats ice cream.

You can follow the Sri Lankan General Election results here. We’ll update live. Until then, we’ve embedded a Twitter stream that’s interesting to follow, and a list of links below that.

ඔබ මහ මැතිවරණයේ ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ කිරීමට ලියාපදිංචිවී ඇත් දැයි දැනගැනීමට tiny.cc/slvoters වෙත පිවිසෙන්න. This post is also available in English. (උපුටාගැනීම NewsFirst ෆේස්බුක් පිටුවෙන්) ඡන්දය ප්‍රකාශ

To be honest, the spiciest food you can find will be at your local buth kade. We’ve included a few of those, including the old-school

It is actually possible to get free brownies. Thanks to a friendly, local brownie-Batman, who delivers them to you out of sheer goodwill.

With more hits than misses, the Sunday brunch at Waters Edge is a good reason to drive out to the ‘burbs.

This is a guide to voting in the Sri Lankan general (Parliamentary) election of August 2015.

A chilled-out event for book lovers, young and old alike. The readings ranged from poetry and classics to the readers’ own works.