Being traders, Muslims also had access to the Ports, links with the outside and therefore were knowledgeable on matters of the world Sri Lanka’s history of peaceful relations that had existed between ...

Sri Lanka’s Sinhala-Buddhist nationalists have opened a new front in their war against the island’s minorities. If for decades it was the island’s Tamils who were the focus of their hostility, it is ...

Sri Lanka, an island nation situated in the Indian Ocean, is unfortunately not solely known for its beautiful landscapes, beaches, and the hospitality of its people. The country is sadly more known ...

Photo courtesy of Tripadvisor “The past is continually remade to suit the present.” Richard Gombrich and Gananath Obeyesekere The root causes of Sri Lanka’s 26 year civil war have yet to be addressed, ...

President Mahinda Rajapakse delivered the annual Independence Day speech on February 4, marking the formal end of the British colonial rule in 1948. Invoking the reactionary mythology of Sinhala ...