When Vijaya, the first King of the island of Sri Lanka, arrived in Sri Lanka from India in 486 BC, he brought with him a flag with a symbol of a lion on it. Since then the Lion symbol played a ...

Colombo: The Sri Lankan government has requested India to prevent its fishermen from illegally entering the country's waters ...

Both public and private buildings such as schools and courthouses may fly the national flag. Sri Lanka boasts of a long history of a national flag dating back to the days of the ancient kings. There ...