And for us that identity is with Sri Lanka, a complete country not a fragmented one. The important thing is that ‘Namo Namo Matha’ sung in Sinhala is our official national anthem. It was sung ...

Every year since 1949, the first anniversary of independence from Britain, the anthem Sri Lanka Matha ("Mother Sri Lanka") had been sung at the festivities only in Sinhala, spoken by the island's ...

The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) said the gesture, which saw schoolchildren sing Sri Lanka Matha ("Mother Sri Lanka") in Tamil at a military parade, signalled recognition the community were equal ...

But he deeply influenced the words and music of a third, the Lankan national anthem, ‘Sri Lanka Matha’. Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems of two countries, India and Bangladesh.

The decision was taken on Wednesday. At present, the Sinhala version of Sri Lanka Matha is used in all parts of the country, except in the North and the East, where there is a large Tamil population.

But he also deeply influenced the words and music of a third, the Lankan national anthem, ‘Sri Lanka Matha’. The union of sorts of the three national anthems were first witnessed during the ...