Thavarathnam Pushparani fought on the front lines for the now-defeated Tamil Tiger rebels against the Sri Lankan forces in its decades-long separatist war and later took to clearing the land mines on ...

Shakti Peethas are sacred shrines dedicated to the Goddess Shakti, formed at places where pieces of Sati's body fell after ...

Although the country nationalized private schools in 1960, "We have full freedom and dignity," said Apostolic Carmel ...

In July 2023, heavy rains continued in southern Sri Lanka for days, soaking the lush greenery of the village of Hapugala in ...

Know about Bandaranayake Airport in detail. Find out the location of Bandaranayake Airport on Sri Lanka map and also find out airports near to Colombo. This airport locator is a very useful tool for ...

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Standard Chartered Bank hosted its Annual Global Research Briefing in Sri Lanka on 11 March at the Galle Face Hotel, Colombo. The briefing, themed ‘Reverberations,’ brought together the Bank’s Global ...

The report then generated a score for each nation to establish the most family-friendly country. Sri Lanka came in first place. The island nation achieved an impressive score for its education system ...

It is super power devolving into super chaos. Whether or not the world order is interested in Sri Lanka, the island country is in a fortuitously good place while other countries and polities are ...

Kate Nalepinski is a Newsweek journalist based in New York City. Kate joined Newsweek in May 2024. She is a graduate of Ithaca College. While progress has been made in the fight for gender ...

The newly elected government in Sri Lanka has unveiled its budget, aiming for at least 5% economic growth and raising hopes that Sri Lanka will soon emerge from default. President Anura Kumara ...

Melloney Dassanayaka represented Sri Lanka at the Miss Universe 2024 pageant held in Mexico … and, what’s so special about her (unlike most of our pageant winners who get involved in frivolous ...