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 ...

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.

India will be chasing a third Twenty20 World Cup title when the 2026 edition, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, gets underway Saturday. The defending champion I ndia squad will be in action on opening ...

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 ...

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 ...

The story of Sri Lanka’s medical history has largely been limited to the administrative reports of the colonial period, the chronicling of the country’s medical scene in the Ceylon Medical Journal, ...

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

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake yesterday called for unity, beyond petty differences, to build an economically strong Sri Lanka, declaring that the country’s greatest asset was its human resource ...

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 ...

NEW DELHI(AP) — India will be chasing a third Twenty20 World Cup title when the 2026 edition, co-hosted by India and Sri Lanka, gets underway Saturday. The defending champion I ndia squad will be in ...

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Colombo: Sri Lanka celebrates its Independence Day every year on February 4. The day commemorates the country's liberation from British rule in 1948. The country marks nearly eight decades since the ...