Photo courtesy of Kumanan Walter Benjamin, the German philosopher, introduced the concept of translatability, framing it not ...

On becoming an independent nation in 1948 Sri Lanka (formerly called Ceylon) seemed to be headed for a future as a stable and prosperous democracy. Since the 1970s, however, the country has been torn ...

We, the citizens of Sri Lanka, have already witnessed significant reforms in governance under AKD’s leadership. ..

By Shamindra Ferdinando Sri Lanka must address the developing issue of Rohingya refugees cautiously. Whatever the domestic politics, or divisions within political parties represented in Parliament, ...

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has announced plans to designate a special day to celebrate the diverse cultures, traditions, and values of ...

Sri Lanka said today that it had banned the self-declared government-in-exile of ethnic minority Tamils and over a dozen other Tamil diaspora groups. The government accused them of committing and ...

Sri Lanka's indigenous people deserve the protection of their fundamental rights in the constitution that guarantees “the ...

The Sri Lanka Progressive Writers’ Association played a leading ... Kandiah and Cassim Lebbe symbolize the working class of the Sinhala, Tamil and Muslim ethnic groups, respectively, and the poet ...

Sri Lanka's majority ethnic group, the Sinhalese, makes up roughly three-quarters of the population. The 2012 census shows ...

The intersection of Buddhism, politics, and ethnic conflict in ... often at the expense of minority groups, particularly Muslims in the context of Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Islamophobia: Prejudice ...