Monks from Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) listen to a speech at a BBS convention in Colombo (September 28, 2014). Credit: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Subscribe for ads ...

THE talk is by palanquin, but the journey is by foot” is a direct translation of a transliterated Sinhala phrase, “Kathawa ...

When I raise this question, one may wonder why I raise this question 64 years after Sinhala was made the Official Language of Sri Lanka by the Official Languages Act, No. 33 of 1956. The people in the ...

Emeritus Professor Deshamanya J.B. Disanayaka, the most senior academic and a distinguished figure among contemporary Sinhala scholars in Sri Lanka will be felicitated at a ceremony on Friday, June 13 ...

Three months after Sri Lanka was rocked by deadly anti-Muslim riots fuelled by online vitriol, Facebook is training its staff to identify inflammatory content in the country's local languages. The ...

Discover the fascinating history of Sri Lanka's name change from Ceylon. Learn why the country was called Ceylon, when it ...

When Cyclone Ditva devastated communities across Sri Lanka, the Australian Government and people were among the first to ...

The list of the 25 best films of Sinhala cinema over the past 75 years (1947–2022), has been released. The centenary celebration of Sri Lankan cinema falls this year.

Sri Lankan soldiers stand guard in front of the St Anthony's Shrine a day after it was bombed in Colombo, Sri Lanka, April 22, 2019 [AP/Eranga Jayawardena] [Daylife] The attacks in Sri Lanka on Easter ...