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Samsung, Sri Lanka’s largest consumer electronics brand, announced the launch of its ultra-premium 2025 models of Neo QLED 8K, OLED, QLED TVs and The Frame lineup, bringing the revolutionary Samsung ...
Free meals, blessings, grand processions and donations have been scheduled at Buddhist temples in the spirit of Wesak Day, which is observed today by devotees.
I take a beat before entering Kalutara Stupa, one of the most sacred sites on Sri Lanka’s Buddhist trail. That’s when I spot the elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab at the entrance ...
A new constitution should reconsider the current approach, as Sri Lanka is a pluralistic nation that consists of Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, and Christians. The current approach could involve ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives Sri Lanka Mitra Vibhushana, the island nation's highest civilian honor, on his fourth official visit to Sri Lanka.
Insider tips on where to eat, sleep and shop in the Sri Lankan city of Colombo.
Observer Muse caught up with Valery Gamza, an awesome Frame Up dancer from Russia who’s soaking in the vibrant culture of Sri Lanka while on vacation and interning at the Russian Cultural Centre.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Trinh Thi Tam assessed that there remains room for bilateral collaboration in Buddhism, culture, tourism, and heritage conservation.
In 2002, he founded the Sri Lanka Association of Buddhist Studies (SLABS), an academic and professional organization for Buddhist scholars in Sri Lanka. Additionally, in 2017, he co-founded the ...
A tribe of wave riders in palm-fringed southern Sri Lanka is bringing a quiet revolution to surf teaching, placing ocean literacy, mental health and community at the heart of their tropical ...
The JVP opposed power sharing efforts like the 1987 Indo-Lanka Accord and the 13th Amendment, seeing them as threats to Sri Lankan unity. The party’s leader, Rohana Wijeweera, even went so far as to ...
The Ravana project is quite different to the Ramayana Trail. The Ramayana trail links Buddhist Sri Lanka with Hindu India. The Ravana project goes in the opposite direction. The Ravana project aims at ...