“The Village in the Jungle’ is different because it’s not about Us, but wholly about Them. It was very advanced in 1913, when many people in Europe were racist.” -Nick Rankin Rural Hambantota was once ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka goes to the polls Thursday to elect a new president after a bitterly fought contest between incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival Maithripala Sirisena. Here are ...

Economic progress is accompanied by a fundamental transformation where the economic landscapes of countries become increasingly uneven and the social landscapes flatten. The journey from low incomes ...

Sri Lanka relations should not be viewed purely through the prism of diplomacy, but as a partnership shaped by shared geography, history, culture and economic destiny. "Our destinies are inextricably ...

Former Bonsoir host Yasmin Rajapakse is bringing out a new English edition of Eugène Burnouf’s memoir Ancient Geography of Ceylon. Burnouf was one of the most eminent French scholars and orientalists ...

Efforts are accelerating at the University of North Dakota to promote undergraduate study, graduate education, graduate student exchanges, and faculty research collaborations for Sri Lankans in Grand ...

Western Province maintains its dominant position, accounting for 42.4% of nominal GDP The 2024 provincial GDP data reaffirms the profound and enduring structural asymmetry in Sri Lanka’s economic ...

A Sri Lankan policeman stands beside ballot boxes on the eve of parliamentary elections in Colombo on August 16, 2015 Sri Lanka goes to the polls Monday to elect a 225-member parliament after a ...