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 can be best described as south Asia in miniature form, filled with beaches, elephants, tea plantations, curries, ...

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.

The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

During his official visit to Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomed proposed legislation to decriminalise same-sex relations. ..

Western debt killed Sri Lanka. ... I got to see inside these colonial-era fortresses for the first time. ... I walked around a hall lined with plaques bearing the names of British colonizers, ...

A 2001 government census (PDF) says Sri Lanka’s main ethnic ... In the years following independence, the Sinhalese, who resented British favoritism toward Tamils during the colonial ...