In a supplied image, smoke from an out of control bushfire rises over Canning Peak at Cradle Mountain, Tasmania, on Wednesday ...

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The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in ...

In the second part of this series based on Eric Illayapparachchi’s seminal essay on the Sinhala song, we start with his views ...

Taking inspiration from the Royal Family, we've uncovered the best engagement rings to buy this Valentine's Day.

Laleen Jayamanne and Namika Raby (Part I of this article appeared in The Island on Friday (31 Jan.) Women’s Mental Health: Trance/Dance in Folk Rituals The lecture Namika heard on ‘pregnancy cravings’ ...

Digging into the past with warped ideology should have no place in today’s politics, which is best left to academics and ...

The political economy of language teaching: by Gamini Keerawella (Based on a speech delivered at the BCIS Language Awards ...

Colonel Henry Steel Olcott was famously denounced as an “unmitigated rascal” by the New York Times in 1871. In Sri Lanka, however, he is still remembered as the revered legend of Buddhist revival—and, ...

Born and died in the Month of FEBRUARY, Colvin was not only a towering intellect and a firebrand orator but also ...

Tamil Cultural Genocide for Assimilation into Sinhala Buddhism - Letter Sent to UN COLOMBO, SRI LANKA, February 11, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Following the 2009 ...

The first part of this article published last week briefly outlined the history of Sri Lanka’s national anthem being sung in Tamil. In this second and final part, the focus would be on the regress and ...