It was Portuguese colonialism that opened the door for Roman Catholicism into the island nation. In 1505, the Portuguese came to Ceylon, as Sri Lanka was then called, ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Sri Lanka has decided to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948 and ...

The colonial domination of Sri Lanka started with the Portuguese and the Dutch. The Portuguese, true to their zeal for spreading the message of Christianity, led to widespread discontent in the ...

On my last family trip to Sri Lanka, ... Negombo is nicknamed “Little Rome” because of its robust Catholic culture, which dates to 16th-century Portuguese colonialism.

Sri Lanka weighs colonial ballast. ... down when he suggested during a previous term in office that Sri Lanka should celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Portuguese invasion with a state ...

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 ...

A Colonial-Era Cemetery in Sri Lanka. News ... SRI LANKA—Human bone fragments and iron coffin ... The land had been set aside as a cemetery under Portuguese rule in the sixteenth century and ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has decided to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948 and ...