The Kingdom of Kotte named after Kotte, the then capital of Sri Lanka first ruled by King Parakramabahu VI (1414-1467) flourished during the 15th century paving the way for ...

The 135th birth anniversary of W.A. Silva, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated Sinhala novelists, took place on the 16th of January at the W.A. Silva Museum in Colombo 6. The W.A. Silva Foundation, in ...

In the second part of this series based on Eric Illayapparachchi’s seminal essay on the Sinhala song, we start with his views ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

The 135th birth anniversary of W.A. Silva, one of Sri Lanka’s most celebrated Sinhala novelists, took place on 16 January at ...

Sri Lanka’s attainment of national independence in 1948 was not merely the result of constitutional reforms and political struggles but also ...