For an exhibition that attempts to tell the stories of Indian trade textiles in Sri Lanka, Chay Reds, Ferrous Black should ...

The late Geoffrey Bawa, Sri Lanka’s most celebrated architect, spent about 50 years at his country estate, Lunuganga, on the ...

4S7SPG Team will be active from Sri Lanka, IOTA AS - 003, 16 February - 1 March 2025. Team - SP3CFM, SP6EQZ, SP6JIU, SP9FIH.

In this global order, the sovereignty of smaller states was given—and no smaller state had ceased to exist due to being swallowed up by a larger state—unlike in the 19th-century global order ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

The educational revival in the late 19th and early 20th centuries was influenced by Theosophists like Colonel Henry Steel Olcott and Hilda Muriel Westbrook. They worked to revitalize Buddhism, ..

From luxury heritage routes to routine service passing through extraordinary scenery, here are 19 of our favorite rail ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...

Reivew by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Edited by Avisha Mario Seneviratne When over forty years ago I produced the first volume of the New Lankan Review, which proved popular if controversial, I realised ...

A total of 13 new scholars who have been awarded Visiting Research Fellowships to carry out research using its unique ...

The ant-march of tourists up the “Lion Rock” – home to the remnants of a 5th century palace built by a Sri Lankan king with a penchant for patricide – was proof that, two years after political unrest ...

From misty Pekoe trails in Sri Lanka to Chiang Mai’s temple circuits, these are our top 25 picks for places to visit in Asia in 2025.