As of July, about 198 wild elephants were reported dead over the first seven months of the year in Sri Lanka. The cumulative elephant death toll for 2024 stood at 388 on the island. Texas A&M Ecology ...

Light of Asia’s ‘stunning impact in Ceylon’ forgotten and the ‘Uncrowned King’ buried No doubt, The Light of Asia was Edwin Arnold’s most inspired poetic work. He drew upon many previously existing ...

Although I managed (the author of the book) to systematically detail different epochs of economic development in ancient Ceylon, it is impossible to forecast, in detail, during the Sigiriya reign. It ...

I was saddened a month or two back to read of the death of Punyakante Wijenaike, a pioneer in the field of English Language writing by Sri Lankans. I thought back then to our long association, when I ...

“Naval maritime sector is not a novel experience for us Sri Lankans. We had a strong force of Navy since the time of great king Mugalan, that had strength to cross the Indian ocean to encroach and ...

TAXILA: A clash over a land dispute in Fatehjang claimed five lives and left three injured on Monday, police and hospital sources said. The incident occurred in Dhoke Mugalan near Dhurnal in the ...

SL is in a crisis and that can be a catalyst for positive change. Business tycoon and Ex Secretary Ministry of Highways Dhammika Perera must be making moves with long term plans for him and his ...

"With the prime place in Sigiriya given to the lion, Mahavamsa states: Kasyapa, in fear of his brother, fled to the great rock Sigiriya. He cleared the land roundabout, surrounded it with a wall and ...