As Cyclone Ditwah brought heavy rains and triggered deadly floods in Sri Lanka in late November 2025, a video was shared in ...

EMD Upali, a familiar name in both the Colombo Bar and the Sinhala stage, is gearing up to unveil his latest theatrical ...

Amid the growing discontent among Sri Lankan farmers surrounding the new purchasing standard for large onions introduced by ...

I write to complement Mr. Sangadasa Akurugoda’s essay “Why get rid of our linguistic heritage, and move back to English?” in ‘The Island’ of 8th February 2021. This is nothing to get excited about. It ...

Another crucial change by the JVP is in the area of ethnic relations. The JVP is shedding its past “Sinhala Socialist” image ...

India has come forward to help Sri Lanka resolve the politically sensitive and festering issue of integrating the two primary languages, Sinhala and Tamil. India has come forward to help Sri Lanka ...

Q Recently in Parliament the words “Tamil Homeland” and “Tamil National Leader Prabhakaran” were used and objected to by the Government Members who wanted those words to be expunged from the Hansard.

New Year celebrations begin with the cleaning of the house and the lighting of an oil lamp. The rest of the day is punctuated by auspicious moments. A Catholic celebrated the festivity with his Hindu ...