Any discussion on claims which contain words such as ‘traditional’ or ‘historical’ can make sense only if assertions are backed by facts and not by myths. They should be buttressed by a corpus of ...

Sri Lanka continues to be in the grips of many high profile crises of recent origin such as the COVID–19 pandemic, chronic difficulties in servicing foreign debts, shortages of essential items such as ...

The Sri Lankan film industry is small and so are the budgets due to the small viewership, said Chathra Weeraman, director of the Sinhala film Aloko Udapadi (Light Arose), on Tuesday while interacting ...

Varanasi: In a ground-breaking study, fresh insights have emerged about the genetic history of the major ethnic groups in Sri Lanka, the Sinhalese and the Tamils. The study was published in the ...

Today, September 17 is the 142nd birth anniversary of the late Anagarika Dharmapala. The following are extracts of a speech made by Home Affairs Minister Sarath Amunugama to a UNESCO conference in ...

HISTORY | To date, very little has been written on the Malaysian Sinhalese who originated from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka). This is rather unfortunate. Despite numbering only 3,660 in Peninsular Malaysia ...

Analyses of whole-genome sequence data of urban Sinhalese and two indigenous Adivasi clans in Sri Lanka, which live in geographically separated regions in the country, have shed light on the migratory ...