Independence is an opportune time to look back on the glorious days of Sri Lanka. As Ponnambalam Arunachalam (later Sir) reminds us in ‘Sketches of Ceylon History’ – a lecture he delivered in 1906 in ...

Demonstrations arise over Sri Lanka's plan to grant China 99-year leases on a major port and 15,000 acres of land for an industrial ... Violent Protests Against Chinese 'Colony' In Sri Lanka Rage On.

Starting at 6 p.m., Professor Kenneth David Jackson of Yale University will deliver a lecture via Zoom, focusing on these Portuguese descendants who have lived on the East Coast of Sri Lanka since ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The Latest on explosions in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday (all times local):5 a.m.Japan is confirming one of its citizens was killed in th Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu ...

Although few are aware of the existence of this language, SLPC is spoken by the Portuguese Burghers in Sri Lanka. When the Portuguese colonised the maritime areas of Sri Lanka, this language was ...

Sri Lanka is now seeing an effervescent anti-Portuguese movement, with articles being written in the papers, and seminars being held under the auspices of prestigious institutions, on the ...

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 ...