“The Village in the Jungle’ is different because it’s not about Us, but wholly about Them. It was very advanced in 1913, when many people in Europe were racist.” -Nick Rankin Rural Hambantota was once ...

Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lanka goes to the polls Thursday to elect a new president after a bitterly fought contest between incumbent Mahinda Rajapakse and his main rival Maithripala Sirisena. Here are ...

When Cyclone Ditwah tore through Sri Lanka, it wasn’t just the wind and water that hit us. It was a sense of déjà vu, the ...

Economic progress is accompanied by a fundamental transformation where the economic landscapes of countries become increasingly uneven and the social landscapes flatten. The journey from low incomes ...

Former Bonsoir host Yasmin Rajapakse is bringing out a new English edition of Eugène Burnouf’s memoir Ancient Geography of Ceylon. Burnouf was one of the most eminent French scholars and orientalists ...

A Sri Lankan policeman stands beside ballot boxes on the eve of parliamentary elections in Colombo on August 16, 2015 Sri Lanka goes to the polls Monday to elect a 225-member parliament after a ...