The Malayan Café, a city institution since its founding in 1951, serves cheap but nourishing curries incorporating ...

Colombo (AsiaNews) – A new coral ridge has been discovered off the coast of Colombo, the capital of Sri Lanka, thanks to ...

Last week, Veteran journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj, writing the first of a two-part article on Mahinda Rajapaksa turning 80, aptly surmised the protagonist as ‘demonised by the opponents and deified by ...

In essence, the Thai-Sinhala Buddhist historical relationship is a testament to shared religious values, mutual support, and a continuous flow of knowledge and culture that has ensured the resilience ...

This video traces why he rejected priestly authority, ritual sacrifice, and caste privilege—not because he denied the existence of devas, but because he placed liberation in personal insight, ethical ...

Sri Lanka’s Colombo Dockyard has been awarded a shipbuilding contract by the French submarine cable company Orange Marine. The deal finalized last week further cements the shipyard’s status with major ...

The 1915 riots in Ceylon were triggered by the Supreme Court’s judgment in February 1915 related to a long-standing dispute over a Buddhist religious procession (perahera) in Gampola.

Aga Jayasinghe understood the NPP’s decision to continue with the IMF program, & felt it wise for the NPP to not rock the boat too much. Not because he endorsed the IMF program but because he must ...

The Justice Woodrenton Report found that the shooting of rioters by the military and police during the 1915 riots could not be legally justified, although it deemed the actions to have been taken in ...

The cost of the tea industry to the environment is significant. It has destroyed catchment areas, near catchment areas, biodiversity, food chain of both humans and animals in the region and disrupted ...

Colombo, Nov 8. (Daily Mirror) – The Indo-Lanka bilateral trade volume has grown exponentially, but Sri Lanka appears to be a loser with a trade gap heavily in favour of India, Parliament was informed ...

Devundara Temple: A large “thousand-pillar” Buddhist and Hindu temple in Devundara (Dondra) was destroyed, and a church dedicated to Our Lady of Guidance (Nossa Senhora da Guia) was built in its place ...