COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka has decided to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948 and ...

Sri Lanka's Christians have a long history that reflects the dynamics of colonialism as well as present-day ethnic and ... While Calvinist Protestantism declined under British colonial rule, ...

Melloney has also been signed up to be featured in a prestigious fashion magazine in Paris – a global VIP magazine, called L’officiel. In fact, the founder of House of Vendôme Paris, Rex Fernando, a ...

A particular colonial legacy that has since become proudly local is tea, which was introduced in Sri Lanka by the British. Walk through one of the many tea estates in and around Nuwara Eliya and ...

Sri Lanka's government has decided to change the names of all state institutions still bearing the nation's former British colonial name, Ceylon. The government wants the country's modern name to ...

People view colonial-era artifacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Dec. 5, 2023.

The explosions in Sri Lanka on Sunday, ... Sri Lanka’s long, tragic history of violence ... When British colonial rule ended in 1948, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has decided to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948 and ...

Item 1 of 4 People view colonial-era artefacts that have been returned from the Netherlands, at the main Museum in Colombo, Sri Lanka December 5, 2023.