The staff of the Presidential Secretariat yesterday officially resumed duties, following the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, ...

The Colombo stock market was positive on the first day of trading yesterday after the Sinhala-Tamil New Year holidays amidst ...

This year’s Sinhala and Tamil New Year was celebrated on a grand scale, and there was something happening practically in ...

The Koha’s sweet melody fills the air, but where is the Erabadu - the bright red beauty that symbolizes the Sinhala ... Avurudu traditions, this symbol too has fallen victim to urbanization. In the ...

On the auspicious occasion of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, inmates at Welikada Prison prepared Sri Lanka's largest milk rice dish yesterday (14). With the help of 50 ...

The Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) has recorded an income of nearly Rs. 600 million over the past four days, driven by increased travel during the Avurudu season.

The sound of the familiar koha (or the ‘asian koel’), chanting the rhythmic tune, which millions of Sri Lankans wake up to, is a sign that ‘Avurudu’ (New Year) is near. ..

I go down the memory lane as far back as 1945, the period of post-World War II. I was eight years old back then. We lived in the village named Bandiyamulla, Gampaha, which is now quite urbanised. That ...