Although the Sinhala hero, Duttagamini or Duttagemunu fought and eliminated the Tamil prince, Elara, the Mahawamsa had portrayed Elara as a just ruler. Duttagamini admired Elara for being just to ...

When I raise this question, one may wonder why I raise this question 64 years after Sinhala was made the Official Language of Sri Lanka by the Official Languages Act, No. 33 of 1956. The people in the ...

Tanglish, I’ve come to realize, isn’t a failure of language; it’s a testament to survival. I haven’t lost my identity. I’ve ...

Sri Lanka has decided to adopt the Korean language as a subject for the country's college entrance exams, a South Korean embassy there said Tuesday. According to the embassy, the Sri Lankan government ...

Sri Lanka has decided to adopt the Korean language as a subject for the country's college entrance exams, a South Korean embassy there said Tuesday. According to the embassy, the Sri Lankan government ...

Sri Lanka’s new government declined to sing the national anthem in Tamil, the country’s second national language, during the island’s independence day celebrations. It marked a departure from the ...

The first ever Urdu Language Training Centre in Sri Lanka was inaugurated today at an impressive ceremony in Colombo. National Dialogue Minister Mano Ganesan was the chief guest at the inauguration ...

In at least two of these countries, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, the decision to impose a single national language played a significant role in their civil wars. Yet, despite the warnings of history, the ...

COLOMBO: A Tamil-language version of Sri Lanka's national anthem was dropped from independence day celebrations on Tuesday, with critics saying the move was a setback to reconciliation after years of ...

COLOMBO — Sri Lanka launched a criminal investigation on Friday after a government syllabus for 11- and 12-year-olds directed ...

One of Sri Lanka’s most respected brands, Maliban initiated yet another first when the brand aired Sri Lanka’s first ever sign language TV commercial, in celebration of the World Sign Language Day on ...