During this time, the Portuguese, who entered Sri Lanka in 1597, ruled over the low country coastal belt. They controlled the island’s rich spice trade. In 1658, Dutch took over the Portuguese to rule ...

The fifth Solicitor General of Sri Lanka was Mr. James Van Langenburg and based on his surname it is clear that the progenitor of his family hailed from the German village Langenburg. The Ceylonese ...

Interestingly, in Sri Lanka the term Burgher is not just an identifier for a community that’s sadly on the decline (emigration to places like Australia and New Zealand is the main reason, rue ...

About 17 million people out of Sri Lanka’s 22-million population are eligible to vote. Sri Lankan nationals aged 18 years or above, who are registered with the election commission, can vote.

Insider tips on where to eat, sleep and shop in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo. By Eric Wilson T’s monthly travel series, Flocking To, highlights places you might already have on your wish list ...

According to sources, the four identified as R Murugananthan,45, his wife Rita Mary, 46, and their two children from Mannar district paid money and boarded an illegal ferry from Sri Lanka at ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — An ally of the Rajapaksa political family was appointed Friday as Sri Lanka’s prime minister, hours after security forces cleared the main protest site occupied for months ...

Sri Lanka: A Terrorist in the Family. Special | 13m 44s. Filmmaker Beate Arnestad moved to Sri Lanka in 2002 and saw that an entire generation was growing up surrounded by violence.

Scion of Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa Family to Contest Sept. Presidential Poll By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) - Namal Rajapaksa, the son of Sri Lanka's former president, will run in the Sept. 21 ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — The man who is considered the heir apparent to the powerful Rajapaksa family in Sri Lanka will contest the presidential election in September, his political party said ...

Sri Lanka, once known as the “Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” is today a failed state in South Asia. Commentators have asserted a wide range of perspectives about the reasons for its failure.