The award is Sri Lanka's highest honour to a foreigner. Only three heads of state have been awarded in the past. Here is what ...

who had occupied part of Sri Lanka, he carried with him a banner which portrayed a lion carrying a sword on his right forepaw along with two other symbols, the Sun and the Moon. The banner was in use ...

this black and yellow butterfly - the Sri Lanka Birdwing found only in Sri Lanka has just been named Sri Lanka’s national butterfly. Pic by Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne The declaration of a national ...