Two children’s plays ‘Punchi Apata Dan Therei’ (We Know It Now) and ‘Thoppi Velenda’ (The Hat Seller) produced by the late Somalatha Subasinghe will be staged in Colombo and Negombo.

The president issued a message for the Hindu festival of lights being celebrated today. An opportunity to ‘end the political ...

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The last two projects aim to break the Sinhala Buddhist nationalism in Sri Lanka ... and animosity against the King of Lanka. Interestingly, the Dussehra festival (Raavan Dahan) is not celebrated ...

Sri Lanka has lots of cultural events, so there will be a special focus on those. Visitors can also learn and experience our National Day celebrations which will fall during the event." ...

In the run-up to his recent address at the UN General Assembly, Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena struck a defiant note, blatantly rejecting commitments made to the UN Human Rights ...

Hindu devotees hold oil lamps to celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights, at a Hindu temple in Colombo, Sri ...

Prasanna Vithanage’s historical drama ‘Children of the Sun’ (Gaadi) is now being screened on PEO TV of Sri Lanka Telecom. Screened around the world, ‘Gaadi’ won a Special Jury Award at 18th ...

Sri Lanka’s so-called “political earthquake” saw the election of a president from outside the traditional political elites ...

The controversy surrounding this memorial highlights the broader memory wars around the history of Sri Lanka’s civil war: how ...

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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Ankara participated in the Bilkent International Festival 2024, held at Bilkent University in Ankara, Türkiye, on 05 October 2024. This lively event, hosted by the Bilkent ...