Sri Lanka celebrates 60 years of Independence on February 4, 2008. At the Independence celebrations in 1948, the first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka hoisted the Lion Flag. The lion being ...

A small school event held in the northern town of Vavuniya made national headlines in Sri Lanka this week, after a provincial Education Minister refused to hoist the national flag at the ceremony ...

The Sri Lanka Navy said they arrested over 550 Indian fishermen in 2024 for poaching in Sri Lankan waters. So far this year, over 130 Indian fishermen have been arrested. Prime Minister Modi is ...

COLOMBO, Feb 7 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's central bank kept its key rates steady on Tuesday for a sixth straight month, but flagged possible "corrective measures" in the months ahead in a sign ...

COLOMBO — When Uditha Hettige started out doing field excursions in 1990, in search of Sri Lanka’s rich bird life, he would visit Bodhinagala Forest Reserve in the country’s west each week ...

The Globe and Mail, which I held in high esteem until now, disrespected and distorted Sri Lanka's flag in the illustration accompanying the article Let's Help Sri Lanka Win The Peace (Sept. 17 ...

Lionel Bopage at Groundviews comments: “The National Flag of Sri Lanka represents the country and her heritage, but is also a rallying device that integrates the races within a majority and minority ...

Perk Monday, 13 June 2016 07:02 PM . Sri Lanka, you're in England, please do not behave like the 3rd world, wild and untamed people that you are when you're back home. Have some respect!

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Chicopee Mayor John Vieau hosted a Sri Lanka flag raising ceremony at City Hall to celebrate the country’s independence. The south Asian country gained independence ...

COLOMBO, SRI LANKA — Police said Saturday they arrested a Sri Lankan trade union leader who allegedly took two official flags from the deposed president Gotabaya Rajapaksa's palace and used them ...

Sri Lanka, which needs to raise taxes to boost government revenue to 11.3% of GDP this year from 8.3% in 2022 in order to get the IMF funds, introduced new income taxes in January for ...