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 ...

The sole purpose of the #SamsungCarnivalAvurudhuWasi campaign was to inspire people to enjoy the Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrations safely and responsibly this year. To further enhance the ...

A democratic awakening born of crisis In 2022, Sri Lanka experienced a rupture few believed possible in their lifetime: the ...

It is in the news that the Ministry of Education is seriously reconsidering the case for the Grade 5 Scholarship Examination.

Other words added to the dictionary are “mellum” (a leafy vegetable dish), “kiribath” (milk rice), “avurudu” (Sinhala and Tamil New Year), “baila” (a lively music genre), and ...

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 ...

Responding to recent opposition claims, he accused them of attempting to spread misinformation during the Sinhala and Tamil New Year season, suggesting a rice shortage that never occurred.

United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner Volker Türk made several pronouncements in Sri Lanka which tell us that he ...

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 ...

FILMS AND BOOKS are an average educated person’s lifeline in present times. They bring back memories, resurrect promises of what our future could have been. Literature and Cinema have creative ...