Sri Lankan Christians have joined hundreds of people in cleaning litter from beaches as part of a nationwide campaign aiming ...

At around 11:30am local time on Sunday, a rogue group of monkeys jumped into the Panadura Power Station in Sri Lanka, with ...

Former Jaffna district Parliamentarian and ex-Ilankai Thamil Arasuk Katchi (ITAK) President Somasundaram Senathirajah known ...

There are all sorts of whirlpools going on in cricket, what with Ireland playing Zimbabwe and Australia playing Sri Lanka.

On December 26, 2004, the No. 50 Matara Express, Queen of the Sea, was packed with 1,700 passengers heading south through Sri Lanka. But as the train stopped in Ambalangoda, a catastrophe was already ...

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

Sri Lanka is becoming a tourism hotspot for Ayurvedic medicine. Autumn Phillips discusses her experience of yoga, meditation and retreats in her latest column.

In May 2021, the Government of Sri Lanka (GOSL) introduced a swift and sudden ban on the importation of all chemical ...

Forced into exile 25 years ago and compelled to stay away in order to stay alive, journalist D.B.S. Jeyaraj always dreamt of returning to Sri Lanka. That flame of hope flickered occasionally, as the ...

What if I told you Ravana was not just a villain? What if beneath his ten heads lay wisdom, devotion, and a deeply complex ...

An Australian reptile wrangler was called to a home on a report of snake sightings and ended up leaving after three hours ...

Usvatte-aratchi Two thoughtful short essays on schools and education appeared in The Island newspaper on January 20th and 21st. The first was written by Lokubandara Tillakaratne, and the second by ...