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 ...

Last week, we looked at a critical evaluation of Swarna Mallawaarachi from Eric Illayapparachchi’s essay ‘The Last Face: ...

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

B. Perera (The Island of 22 Jan.) has said that what SWRD Bandaranaike did paved the way for generations of a ‘non-English ...

The sessions proper began on Thursday, with a profusion of foreign visitors in attendance, the Lankans mostly from the country’s tight-knit literary circles. Within the Fort, the festival buzz was ...

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

When someone asks which film was shot at the highest-altitude, it might be difficult to give a direct answer. But it’s none ...

Thilakarajah first started writing poetry in school. He encountered Velupillai’s work in his Tamil literature syllabus and ...

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 ...

Martin Kimani, a former Kenyan diplomat, said his past work positions him to build on the Africa Center’s diverse programming that goes beyond art. With major gifts to leading arts institutions ...

We are very pleased to see that the friendship between Sri Lanka and China has become stronger over time the partnership has been continuously upgrad ...