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 ...

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 has a history, a history which cannot be forgotten and erased,” he said. “If we fail to preserve our culture than everything and everyone will be the same.” Search for identity ...

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 ...

Once the Portuguese landed in Sri Lanka in 1505 AD, their first task was to erect and maintain a stores for arms, with the permission of the King of Kotte. Their leader from 1505 – 1507 was only an ...

In 1505, the Portuguese came to Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then called, in a trade agreement with King Vira Parakramabahu VII and later intervened in succession struggles in local kingdoms.

Portugal, In a historic and symbolic gesture, Rasika & Gayathrie Withanage, distinguished Sri Lankan residents living in Portugal, had requested a Buddha statue from the venerable Weduruwe Sri Upali ...