The Sinhala School in the Batticaloa district restored after 32 years to meet the urgent needs of the Sinhala people in the district recently under the patronage of Eastern Province Governor Anuradha ...

Sri Lankans celebrate the dawn of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year tomorrow (April 14) with great pomp amongst all festivals in Sri Lanka. “Aluth avurudda” in Sinhala and “Puthandu” in Tamil is ...

The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak’ comes from the Sanskrit word ...

SINHALA – the Written Language and the Literature – was a lot like SIGIRIYA. That is to say, the Language and the iconic Rock posed a similar challenge to the imagination – that of mighty, near ...

Khalil Gibran _ A renowned poet and an author_ SBS Sinhala World Literary program_ (Photo by JOSEPH EID/AFP via Getty Images) SBS Sinhala radio focused on the American-Lebonan poet and author Khalil ...

JAFFNA/MULLAITIVU: In the Tamil-majority northern province of Sri Lanka, as a road turns uphill towards Old Chemmalai, near the scenic Nayaru Lagoon in Mullaitivu district, there stands a statue of ...

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