The Tamil scholar “Pundit” M. Nallathamby, a teacher at Zahira College, Colombo was entrusted this task and a neat, precise ...

Sri Lanka is famous for their Elephants. The main place to see them close and personal from the road is Yala National Park.

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 ...

Republic Day was celebrated with full enthusiasm on the campus of the school. Chairman Jasbir Singh Uppal, Manager Charanjit ...

Every year on February 4, Sri Lanka celebrates Independence Day, a special day for our beautiful island. It’s a day to ...

Freedom, Liberty and Independence. Three words that seemingly have the same meaning, but differ slightly in their interpretation. Sri Lanka gained ...

Sri Lanka gained Independence from colonial powers who had ruled Sri Lanka for nearly 400 years. It was a momentous occasion ...

This is the national tree of Sri Lanka. A conically shaped ... The wood is a reddish brown and, as its common English name implies, very durable – used in the past in temple carvings and for ...

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 ...