Colombo, Sri Lanka - January 14, 2025 Tamil Hindu devotees and priests in Colombo prepared a traditional rice dish known as 'Pongal' on Tuesday in celebration of the Thai Pongal Hindu festival.

Rice shortages in Sri Lanka have disrupted the Hindu Thai Pongal celebrations ... Nichol Samaranayake, a university student and activist from Colombo, urged the government to implement strategic ...

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Taking in verdant tea country and historic stations, the island’s railway network makes for a perfect way to explore ...

Jaffna known as “Yaarlpaanam” in Tamil and “Yaapanaya” in Sinhala is the capital city of Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Jaffna has for long been regarded as the citadel of Tamil nationalism and the ...

For many Bhutanese pilgrims, the journey begins at the Sri Dalada Maligawa, or Temple ... in India,” he said. Former Education Minister Norbu Wangchuk, now the director general of South Asia ...

I’m getting loosey-goosey just talking to you about it.” Since the financial crisis, luxury residential skyscrapers have gone ...

With Jules Verne reporting a sharp rise in Sri Lanka bookings, our writer gives a taste of what to expect on the operator’s ...

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: ...