Sri Lanka's prime minister faced criticism in January 2026 over a link to a gay chat website included in a new national school syllabus, but photos circulating in social media posts that claimed they ...

More than three decades after it first illuminated a Colombo stage, Chekhov Sandhyava returns—not as a relic revived for ...

In a historic appointment for Sri Lankan academia, a Sri Lankan educator is teaching Hindi at a foreign university for the ...

As Sri Lanka commemorates 78 years of Independence, the island nation reflects on a journey marked by resilience, progress, ...

Sri Lanka’s 2025 public school census shows a big difference in how teachers are spread across the country. While the ...

COLOMBO, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- More than 3,000 Sri Lankan schools are operating with fewer than 10 teachers each, data released Thursday by the country's Department of Census and Statistics shows.

Ravana, or Ravan, as he is known across the Palk Strait, means different things to different audiences. In Sri Lanka, he is a ...

After five Sri Lankan councillors were arrested for disrupting a special meeting of the Galle Municipal Council in December ...

The Holy Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha are travelling to Sri Lanka for their first-ever international exposition. They will be displayed at Colombo's Gangaramaya Temple from February 4 to 11, with a ...

"A rare blessing for Sri Lanka. The sacred Devnimori Relics of Lord Buddha on exposition at Gangaramaya Temple in Sri Lanka -- the first ever international exposition of the relics. Grateful to the ...

Dissanayake is trying to cover up the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna’s reactionary communal record as an enthusiastic supporter of anti-Tamil racialist war.

This year marks the 375th birth anniversary of St Joseph Vaz, a humble Goan priest whose daring mission helped evangelise Sri ...