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Rupert Parker explores Sri Lanka’s Jaffna Peninsula by bicycle Jaffa is still not on most traveller’s itineraries, perhaps because the region is still relatively underdeveloped. The surrounding ...
The IMF Executive Board completed the Fourth Review under the 48-month Extended Fund Facility with Sri Lanka, providing the country with immediate access to SDR 254 million (about US$350 million) to ...
The myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...
Sri Lanka's arrest of Indian fishermen is rooted in a 1970s agreement made during India's Emergency. External Affairs ...
COLOMBO — Sri Lanka’s largest protected area, the Wilpattu National Park, recognized as one of the best places in the country to observe leopards in the wild, has long been a favorite among wildlife ...
Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, stone ramparts, and crashing waves create stunning aerial vistas ...
“It first made an appearance in the later stage of the Anuradhapura period (377 BCE-1017 CE), synonymous with the Golden Age of Sri Lanka, and was typically positioned at the bottom of ...
Ella’s Café Chill serves ones of Sri Lanka’s must-try meals, lamprais, which dates back to the 17th century Dutch period, with rice, curry, deep fried boiled egg and aubergine, all wrapped in ...
Following a milestone in international relations and provenance research, six priceless Kandyan artefacts seized during the Dutch colonial occupation of Sri Lanka have been returned from the ...
Pressure is mounting on the UK to return the contested treasures held in the British Museum after the Netherlands gave back six valuable artefacts taken from Sri Lanka during the colonial period ...
Following a milestone in international relations and provenance research, six priceless Kandyan artefacts seized during the Dutch colonial occupation of Sri Lanka were returned from the Netherlands ...