The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

Under Japan’s Economic and Social Development Programme, a grant of 300 million Japanese Yen (approximately LKR 565 million) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, center, hoists the Sri Lankan national flag during the ...

The NPP government had come to power mainly on the slogan to finally end the 76-year curse that began, as they said, the day the Union Jack was unfurled and, in its stead, the Lion flag hoisted to ...

Several groups including families of the missing and disappeared persons in the Northern Province have hoisted black flags ...

(ANALYSIS) Nearly two decades have passed since the 26-year-long civil war ended in Sri Lanka. Yet, Muslims displaced from the island nation’s Northern and Eastern provinces still face ... to restore ...

Under his leadership, Sri Lanka is trying to emerge from bankruptcy by restructuring its staggering debt. Sri Lankans dressed as ancient soldiers carry their national flags during the country’s ...

The first Test against Sri Lanka in Galle begins on Wednesday. Follow all the action via ABC Sport's live blog. Australia will consider taking the drastic step of changing its batting order mid ...

Australia is considering a radical plan to gain an “advantage” in their two-Test series against Sri Lanka, which will ... for a while,” Head said. “All I’m worried about is where Ron ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...