What do you know about the status of Hindi during the British era? What must you know about Dadabhai Naoroji? Check your ...

Here is the story of the disastrous Indian intervention in the Sri Lankan civil war which lead to the deaths of more than a 1,000 Indian soldiers and the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi.

Matein KhalidSri Lanka is one of the most fascinating and drop-dead gorgeous countries I have ever visited, the island once known as Sere ...

During his official visit to Sri Lanka, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk welcomed proposed legislation to decriminalise same-sex relations. ..

The Port of Colombo boasts a remarkable two-millennia legacy, evolving from the ancient Kolomthota trading harbour to a ...

For those who knew him or have read his work, the late S.B.D. de Silva could be considered one of the greatest political ...

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 myth of a Tamil homeland collapses under scrutiny of historical records, colonial chronicles, and demographic facts. The ...

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, is holding an exhibition that presents a dialogue between 19th-century British ...

But beyond these common names lie the full, official names of these countries, many of which are surprisingly long, complex, ...

The absence of a central authority to oversee Colombo’s transformation, coupled with a lack of coordination among planning ...

Photo courtesy of Lahiru Walpita Sri Lanka stands at a critical juncture. Emerging from economic turmoil and the long shadow ...