Silat embraces various fighting arts that span over a few hundred years throughout the Malay archipelago. The moves include ...

A master of pragmatism, LKY articulated his core ideas on governance, leadership selection, and long-term planning with ...

Three different groups of Tamil forces led by three different Vanni chieftains converged on the Mullaitivu fort this day 210 years ago with their forces, their intention was to liberate Vanni by ...

Sri Lanka’s Right to Information Commission (RTIC) issued a tough Public Statement on Thursday November 20th correcting ...

This morning, according to reports, the main gates leading to the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka remained closed and heavily guarded in order to prevent the Chief Justice, Dr. Shirani Bandaranayake from ...

He assured that Sri Lanka’s present and future political agendas would not be shaped by racial lines.“ The Buddhist community ...

The April Insurrection was commemorated by Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna and 71 Sahodara Sansadaya in Colombo on the 5 th of April 2012. Peratugami Samajwadi Pakshaya had also given prominence to the ...

But political Buddhism is the antithesis of Buddhism and a biproduct of the cultural awakening movement started in late 19th ...

A substantial share of Sri Lankans live in rural areas and depend on agriculture, fisheries, and small-scale enterprises.

Chitra and I had the privilege of attending the launch of කැකිරි පැළුවා සඳමඬල (The Moon Curved Her Silver Lips), the debut ...

I had a dream. Professor K. Indrapala was standing before me in a supplicating attitude. I asked him sternly “Are you perhaps a Naga?”, whereupon a bashful, almost hunted look flitted across his face ...

Over 800,000 suicide deaths are reported every year, 75% of these origination from the lower and middle-income countries predominantly within Asia. Sri Lanka was listed as having the 4 th highest ...