On the 21st of March, 1952, mournful shockwaves shook the entire nation with the sudden announcement that the First Prime Minister and the beloved “Father of the Nation”, passed away following an ...

A new Statistics Act along with Sri Lanka National Strategy for Statistics Development is being worked on by the Department of Census and Statistics in a bid to disseminate data accurately to ...

Allowing the singing of the National Anthem in the two languages is a good move towards reconciliation of the ethnic groups in Sri Lanka. In Montreal, Canada, a concerted effort was made in the 1980s ...

This is a response to Dr. Carlo Fonseka’s rejoinder on 3 rd March in The Island, to a letter by Dr. Gunadasa Amarasekera earlier, the on the subject of singing the national anthem Tamil language. I ...

Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in ...

Faced with widespread food, fuel, and medicine shortages, commentators were quick to judge the country as a failing state.

By prioritizing transparency, the Sri Lankan government aims to rebuild trust with international lenders and investors, a critical step in stabilizing the economy.

Wilpattu National Park, Sri Lanka’s largest and a prime location for year-round sloth bear sightings, has sparked concern after the sudden deaths of three sloth bears (Melursus ursinus inornatus ...

Although the country nationalized private schools in 1960, "We have full freedom and dignity," said Apostolic Carmel ...

Insider tips on where to eat, sleep and shop in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. By Eric Wilson T’s monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list ...

In a landmark move to dismantle barriers for women entrepreneurs, Sri Lanka nationally adopted the Women Entrepreneurs Finance Code (WE Finance Code) in collaboration with Asian Development Bank (ADB) ...