It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to this island in service to the Dutch crown and, after 1796, to the British, and who stayed, raised families, and made Ceylon their permanent home.

There is a mosque on Slave Island in Colombo that has stood for more than three centuries. Masjidul Jamiya was not built by merchants or pilgrims. It was built by soldiers, Malay soldiers who came to ...

It was with unbearable grief and a total lack of understanding that we got to know of the demise of Mr Suresh Subramanium on Wednesday, the 15th of July 2026, after a brief illness. It was a departure ...

Ginimal Pokuru (Sinhala: ගිනිමල් පොකුරු, lit. 'Flowers of Fire') is a 2021 Sri Lankan Sinhala adult romantic film directed by Udayakantha Warnasuriya. The film is co-produced by Prasad Rodrigo, ...

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Because the tournament is being played in North America, the time difference means most matches will not fall into typical evening viewing hours in Sri Lanka. For many, this means sacrificing sleep, ...

Language is a means of communicating complex ideas or feelings. Although human language can be verbal or non-verbal, it is more complex than any form of animal communication and reflects the culture ...

Languages often co-express related meanings, either reusing words or combining parts of words. It is poorly understood when each strategy is favoured. Across 1,982 languages, Brochhagen et al. find ...

Marking another significant milestone in Sri Lanka’s journey towards becoming a leader in digital and industrial ...

Sri Lanka is at an inflection point. The question is not whether AI will reshape its economy — it already is. The question is ...