Letter from Chennai ... presented its proposals for a lasting settlement of the almost century old Sinhala-Tamil ethnic problem in the island nation. This provoked President Chandrika Kumaratunge ...

Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Neither the Sinhala nor Tamil hardliners are upset over this decision ... the cause for the country’s ills and misfortunes. The letter “Na” at the beginning was described as a malefic.

In a groundbreaking celebration, the Malima Diving Club of the Sri Lanka Navy Malima Hospitality Services (MHS), in collaboration with the Navy Diving Unit, marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year with ...