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.

The decision to return some 478 objects followed recommendations by a government-appointed commission last year looking into illegal Dutch colonial acquisitions now being displayed in museums in ...

Comments - Sri Lanka, Netherlands initiate process to repatriate second batch of colonial artefacts Ram P Wednesday, 02 October 2024 02:44 PM Everything removed from Sri Lanka belong to us the people.

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 ...

Wilde and Co. has expanded its boutique hotel collection with the addition of The Planters House; a colonial estate 'bungalow', which enjoys a seclud Tuesday, 02 January 2024 12:17 GMT عربي ...

Sri Lanka's Protestant community is quite small, constituting only 1% of Sri Lanka's population. Like Catholicism, it was through colonialism that Protestant Christianity gained a foothold on the ...

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

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 ...