The population of Tamils in Trincomalee started declining from the 1920s. it was 52.2% in 1921, 46.6% in 1931 [9] It went ...

These objectively amazing places won’t be ‘hot’ next year, and provide no particular reason for you to visit – other than the ...

The thal bhanda (palmyra-leaf crafts) artisan Elangeswari from Jaffna is one gentle soul they met – camera-shy, never looking them in the eye. Drawing a wholehearted smile from her lighting up her ...

Time and time again, there comes a murmur of yet another mass grave having been discovered in the island. These chance ...

Don Stephen Senanayake, the first Prime Minister of independent Ceylon, was born on October 20th 1884. His family was in the ...

The newly elected government in Sri Lanka has introduced a fuel subsidy scheme to help fishermen and revive the sagging ...

Harischandra Gunaratna of The Island Financial Review speaks to Andre Fernando, Managing Director of MAC Holdings (PRIVATE) ...

P erched on the edge of the cobalt sea where the Bay of Bengal meets the Indian Ocean, Pamban Island near Rameswaram in south ...

Sri Lanka has closed schools in its capital, Colombo, and its suburbs as heavy rains triggered floods in many parts of the island nation COLOMBO, Sri Lanka -- Sri Lanka closed schools in the capital, ...

Sri Lanka’s leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office as president on Monday, promising change in the island nation long led by powerful political families which is emerging from its ...

Sri Lanka plans to move ahead with the third review of its nearly $3 billion programme of support from the International ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake frequently emphasised during his election campaign that he would re-open investigations into incidents of colossal fraud,mass murder and assassinations where the ...