Sri Lankans across the country marked the Sinhala -Tamil New Year with religious and traditional events. With the dawn of the New Year earlier in the day and other auspicious times large numbers ...

This Sinhala and Tamil New Year, step away from the ordinary and embrace the spirit of Avurudu at Sun Siyam Pasikudah with the joyous rhythms of tradition, community, and coastal serenity, under the ...

When the Indian Peace Keeping Force (IPKF) arrived in Sri Lanka on July 30, 1987, New Delhi did not expect to be embroiled in a bloody conflict with the ...

Living with a Legacy When I came back in 1989, the IPKF had been in the country for around two years. Its presence according ...

Parliament erupted with allegations and counter-allegations in yet another adjournment debate over the Easter Sunday Attacks.

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 ...

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The U.S. is arguably never more dependent on China than on July 4, when the nation celebrates its rebellion against British ...

Iowa law now allows Johnson County residents to shoot off fireworks July 3 and July 4 Fireworks are restricted to specific times on these days and remains largely prohibited on other days.

HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s governor on Monday signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal fireworks in the islands after a massive explosion at a New Year’s party killed six ...

Hawaii's governor signs bills cracking down on illegal fireworks after deadly New Year's explosion Hawaii Gov. Josh Green has signed five bills cracking down on the rampant use of illegal ...