Sri Lanka can be best described as south Asia in miniature form, filled with beaches, elephants, tea plantations, curries, ...

Nestled in the eastern edge of Sri Lanka’s Uva province, Nilgala stands out as a landscape of remarkable ecological and ...

This is the first-ever Pride celebration in the hill country town of Hatton in Nuwara Eliya, where queer people from ...

Amapá, a unique state in Brazil’s northern region, has a rich and complex history that traces back to the colonial era when it was known as Portuguese Guiana. Positioned along the northeastern edge of ...

Sri Lanka’s official foreign reserves have been overstated by approximately USD 1.4 billion due to the inclusion of a currency swap from China that does not meet international standards, ...

News about Sri Lanka, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

Republicans in Congress Preemptively Back Trump’s Potential Invocation of the 19th-Century Insurrection Act. Senator Thune and Speaker Johnson offer no objections to a possible move after the ...

The roots of the term ‘pariah’ lie in the name of a caste group called ‘Pariayar’, which originated in Tamil Nadu. In the West, however, the term took on a political meaning of its own in the European ...

The Portuguese School, 18th Century comprised a group of artists active in this region in the period. Works identified as being by this group appear regularly at auction. What is Portuguese School, ...

Sri Lanka to pay Rs45.80 a unit for battery solar power in the night. Sri Lanka renewable energy feed-in-tariffs reduced from June 2025. The feed-in-tariffs were decided by a committee and approved by ...

At the beginning of the 19th century, Brazil's postal network was able to accelerate epistolary communications, modifying the social experience of time and space. Unipolar cartographic transformations ...

The concept of Liberty Hall originated when Harvey and Aaron Finch purchased the building in 2022. When it was originally constructed more than a century ago in 1882, the building had a much different ...