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 ...

There Was Something Here Before’ is an interactive international exhibition on slavery and the urban heritage of Cape Town by ...

Netherlands to return items looted in colonial times from Indonesia, Sri Lanka The nearly 500 objects include art, jewels and other cultural artifacts. An item of particular interest: a lavishly ...

The stunning country of Sri Lanka has recovered from colonial rule and civil war to become a proudly independent nation with ...

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena on Thursday rescinded a colonial-era British order naming 19 nationals as "traitors" for leading a rebellion nearly 200 years ago, his office said, as he ...

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 ...

Good morning. I'm Michel Martin. The Netherlands is returning nearly 500 items looted in colonial times from Indonesia and Sri Lanka. The objects include art, jewels and other cultural artifacts ...