New Year's Day events in Sri Lanka is turning into the next big thing. It used to be the case most of the businesses in Sri Lanka closed down on New Year's Day but those days are long gone.

Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Ballarat's Sri Lankan new year festival has doubled as a show of support for the motherland, where an unprecedented economic crisis is causing devastation. Sri Lanka is now under a state of ...

I extend my heartfelt wishes to the Sinhala and Tamil people of Sri Lanka, who celebrate the New Year in unity and generosity. This New Year dawns at a moment when a new change is essential in ...

The auspicious colours of Sri Lanka’s New Year celebrations are more than just a visual ... and community. As the festival continues to evolve, these colours will undoubtedly remain a symbol ...

Sri Lanka, April 12 -- Welikada Prison is set to prepare the largest milk rice dish in Sri Lanka to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year on April 14. The preparation will begin in the early hours ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year, known locally as Aluth Avurudda and Puthandu, respectively, is a major cultural festival in Sri Lanka that usually falls in April.

Sri Lankans boil a pot of milk as customary to welcome the dawn of Sinhalese and Tamil new year at a protest site near the president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, April 14, 2022.