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John Keells Foundation and City of Dreams present Channa Ekanayake’s ‘What Lives Between’ at the Artist Spotlight ...
Kite festival will bring 80 foreign kite flyers from 30 countries and over 1,500 local participants.
George Keyt Foundation and British High Commission to present rare 19th-century Ceylon art at Westminster House
The entertainment tax slapped on local concerts has been lowered from 12 percent down to 7 percent.
Sampath Book Finder also allows readers to recommended books they encounter by sharing title, publisher, hall and stall
The English Writers Collective of Sri Lanka celebrates contemporary creative talent
Lyca Productions India announces Sri Lankan production facility and six Sri Lankan movies.
Long-time Gandhi Acolyte Finds Gandhian Socialism the Only ’True’ Socialism.
Dutch King Willem-Alexander has apologized for the Netherlands’ involvement in slavery
“Both groups argue with an agenda to promote the claims of their side."
Colombo Fashion Week's Luxury Edition started this week at Galle Face Hotel
The book has been recognised for the “ambition of its scope, and the hilarious audacity of its narrative techniques”...
The book fair was opened by Secretary to the Ministry of Education Nihal Ranasingha.
In India, religion and socialism collide and commingle
Rushdie, 75, shot to fame with his book “Midnight’s Children,” the film version of which was shot in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka's cabinet of ministers had approved the official ban in 2019 but it had not been given legal effect.
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Established in 2006, Abhimani is the oldest International Queer Film Festival in South Asia.
“There is no paper in the market. There are no dollars to import paper."
Wickramasinghe 71, had assumed duties in Milan on December 29, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Sri Lanka cinemas usually screen English, Sinhala, Tamil and Hindi films.
Who she was, why she was painted and why she was eventually covered up, remains a mystery.
In deep with Lanka’s Bottlenose buddies.
De Silva’s video for the Manike Mage Hithe cover has amassed over 194 million views on YouTube as of Tuesday.
Moving On, is mostly in English, with parts in Sinhalese and is about a break-up.
Midnight Rambler: Sympathy for the Devil in Your Garden
Among his discoveries were clay artifacts with writing on them dating back to sixth century BCE.
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