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Culture

IPS Sri Lanka researchers awarded grad scholarships at top unis

IPS looks forward to their further contribution in strengthening national capacity in economic policy analysis

August 4, 2026 3 min read

19th Century views of Ceylon exhibition opens in Colombo

19th Century Views of Ceylon: British artists and historical perspectives on the island

July 31, 2026 4 min read

Sri Lanka cricketer Chaminda Vaas joins Access Real Estate as brand ambassador

Access Real Estate Celebrates 15th Anniversary, Appoints Chaminda Vaas as Brand Ambassador

July 21, 2026 1 min read

George Keyt Foundation, UK mission to showcase rare Sri Lanka art

George Keyt Foundation and British High Commission to present rare 19th-century Ceylon art at Westminster House

July 17, 2026 2 min read
Sri Lanka’s stories reimagined in What Lives Between exhibition

John Keells Foundation and City of Dreams present Channa Ekanayake’s ‘What Lives Between’ at the Artist Spotlight ...

17,000 applications flood Sri Lanka ministry for 500 state sector jobs

Archaeology Department mainly needs watchmen and work assistants to maintain operations.

Restored classic films from Sri Lanka, France India shown from Sept 17

Classic films from the three countries including Gehenu Lamai from Sri Lanka will be shown.

September 27, 2025 2 min read

Kristian Györkös appointed senior VP, Global Head of Channel at WSO2

Kristian brings executive experience from Solo.io, DataStax, Trifacta, Flosum, Dell, and Microsoft

September 3, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka shipwreck artifacts to be displayed at US-funded exhibit

US, Sri Lanka highlight maritime connections through Godawaya Shipwreck exhibition at BMICH

August 29, 2025 2 min read

EU's The Routes We Take project to feature at YGC festival in Jaffna, Sri Lanka

The Routes we Take (TRWT) will be at the Yarl IT Hub’s YGC Innovation Festival.

August 22, 2025 2 min read

Vietnam food festival in Sri Lanka backed by Hilton hotels

Colombo Hilton teams up with Hilton Da Nang

August 21, 2025 2 min read

Wasantha de Silva elected President of Sri Lanka Pakistan Business Council

The SLPBC aims to promote trade, services, and tourism between Sri Lanka and Pakistan.

July 24, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka - Vietnam cultural ties strengthened by film expo

Sri Lanka and Vietnam marks 55 years of diplomatic relations in 2025

July 24, 2025 2 min read

Sunny Leone loves Sri Lanka 'orange coconut'

Leone's first Bollywood film was partly shot in Sri Lanka

July 15, 2025 1 min read

Indian official visits Sanghamitta theri’s entourage descendants in Sri Lanka

Sanghamitta theri came from India to Sri Lanka in 236 BC with a sapling from the sacred Sri Maha Bodhi tree.

July 14, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka leader meets ex-South African President Mbeki

Mbeki will meet President and Cabinet members during his visit, will be chief guest at CMG event

June 27, 2025 2 min read
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From sacking to praising; Sri Lanka outgoing FinMin Secretary retires after tough reforms

Mahinda Siriwardena oversaw the implementation of IMF-led tough economic reforms

June 18, 2025 2 min read

President pays tribute to Sri Lankan icon Malini Fonseka

“A revered icon whose contributions profoundly shaped and elevated Sri Lankan cinema,”

May 26, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka calls halt to crowds surging to the Buddha's tooth relic exposition

The health sector has given us some warnings we had to take decisions

April 24, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka community in Romania celebrate traditional New Year

Over 2000 members of the community gather

April 24, 2025 1 min read

UNESCO recognizes historic trilingual inscription from China and Sri Lanka

The stone tablet dated February 15, 1409 features texts in Chinese, Persian, and Tamil.

April 23, 2025 1 min read

"A beacon of moral clarity in turbulent times": Sri Lanka President on Pope

Pope Francis died on April 21 at the age of 88

April 21, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka Sinhala and Tamil New year reflects co-existence: President

It is our solemn responsibility, particularly at this time of renewal, to nurture those values within ourselves

April 14, 2025 3 min read

In Memoriam: Sri Lanka economist Sisira Jayasuriya, 1946-2025

Sri Lanka-born economist Sisira Kumara Jayasuriya, spent much of his professional life in Australia

March 7, 2025 8 min read

Ex-Reuters photojournalist appointed as director at Sri Lanka’s President Media Division

Lokuhapuarachchi was forced to flee the country under former president Mahinda Rajapaksa regime in 2007.

February 25, 2025 2 min read

Stasshani Jayawardena appointed chairperson of Sri Lanka's Aitken Spence

Appointed chairperson of Aitken Spence, and group companies Browns Beach Hotels and Aitken Spence Hotel Holdings

February 7, 2025 1 min read