Sri Lankan President Anurakumara Dissanayake addressing the Independence Day celebration in Colombo on February 4, 2025 [Photo: President's Media Division]. The government reduced the number of ...

February 4, 2008 marks 60 years since Sri Lanka’s formal independence from Britain. The very character of today’s official celebrations—a military parade under conditions of a security ...

F. R. Senanayake (1882 – 1926) was a Sri Lankan politician and independence activist. A Barrister-at-Law at Lincoln’s Inn, London, he was a leading member of the Sri Lankan independence movement in ...

Google Doodle launched its new image on 4 February to celebrate the 76th Sri Lankan Independence Day. On 4 February 1948, Sri Lanka became politically independent after centuries under colonial rule.

The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka celebrated 71 years of Independence on Monday, February 4. To mark the occasion, Senator Aubyn Hill and his wife Tamara hosted Sri Lankan High Commi ...

Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was the guest of honor at Sri Lanka's 76th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday, as the island nation struggles to emerge from its worst economic crisis.

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin was the guest of honor at Sri Lanka’s 76th Independence Day celebrations on Sunday, as the island nation struggles to emerge from its ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, Feb. 4 -- Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa proclaimed Wednesday that the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam would be "completely defeated in a few days," potentially ...

At a commemorative at City Hall to mark Sri Lanka's 77th Independence Day, are from the left, Mark Murphy; City Councilwoman Rita Joseph, of Dr. Kadirawel Ishwara, Dr. Ishwara, Councilwoman ...

Dancers perform at the first City Council celebration of Sri Lankan Independence Day Monday, Feb.3, 2025. (Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit) ...