The main theme of this year’s Independence Day is “Rebuilding Sri Lanka,” so spoke President Anura Kumara Dissanayaka as he ceremonially commemorated the island’s 78th independence anniversary. That ...

That is the plight of Sri Lanka, which since November has been recovering from Cyclone Ditwah. An inexperienced government—led by a former Marxist revolutionary committed to stamping out graft—has ...

Nicknames often reflect a country’s geography, culture, or historical identity. In South Asia, one island nation located just below India is famously known as the Tear Drop of India. This nickname is ...

Sri Lanka’s traditional craft of tapping sweet edible sap from kithul palm trees is gaining international recognition after UNESCO inscribed it as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Today marks the birth anniversary of Don Richard Wijewardene (1886–1950), a man whose name is synonymous with the foundation of modern Sri Lankan journalism and the intellectual backbone of the nation ...

Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have taken repeated blows over the past six years. A high-level webinar ...

PALLEKELE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Pathum Nissanka's unbeaten 100 on Monday powered Sri Lanka into the Twenty20 World Cup Super 8s and left former champion Australia's prospects hanging by a thread. Sri ...

From the banks of the Thames to the stands in Karnataka, discover why this fan chose red-ball grit over white-ball glamour.

Sri Lanka has neither fared anywhere as well as it was expected to do at Independence in 1948, nor even after its spectacular ...

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​Sri Lanka may be small on the map, but it packs an incredible punch when it comes to travel experiences. From misty hills and golden beaches to ancient cities and wildlife-rich jungles, the island ...

The term "subcontinent" also reflects India's diversity, with over 1.4 billion people and dozens of languages spoken.