The Negombo prison riot of July 2026, was the first time, that prison officers had been brutally attacked in Sri Lanka and murdered by prison inmates. Of those killed, eight belonged to the Prison ...

The perspective that missionary historical narratives on Sri Lanka constitute historical revisionism driven by foreign agendas is a significant theme within modern post-colonial and nationalist ...

Selective amnesia is a popular propaganda and political trick. Those who howl about Black July 1983 pretend not to know about the happenings immediately before that. It certainly did not happen in a ...

Yes, I met him i.e.,Sir Garfield Sobers, in a face to face chance encounter in Melbourne sometime in 1983. I was then working as a Legal Officer for the office of the Federal Special Prosecutor headed ...

Despite this, there have been two heavy handed government initiatives to curb narcotic use. The first was Yukthiya” (2023) under President Ranil Wickremesinghe followed by Ratama Ekata” (2025) under ...

By exposing students to real-world offshore engineering challenges and environmental responsibilities, this workshop aims to ignite their interest in careers that can contribute to national ...

School Cricket: Vintage encounters and historical seasons, such as the storied 1957 schools cricket season. Legacy & Heritage ...

The destruction of the Royal Palace at Hanguranketha (burnt by British forces under Major Johnson in 1803, and devastated during the 1818 rebellion) and the Old Summer Palace (Yuanmingyuan) in Beijing ...

Shenali D Waduge ‘ Black July is just one of many painful chapters in Sri Lanka’s modern history. The suffering, the destruction of homes and businesses, and the failure of th ...

On Saturday 25 th July 2026, Ahmadiyya Khalifa in his main address of the second day of the convention highlighted the continuous progress of Islam Ahmadiyyat worldwide. He announced 267596 people had ...

In many state hospitals, patients receive tablets dispensed loosely in small paper packets without any label indicating the generic name, brand name, dosage, manufacturer, expiry date, or the purpose ...

This documentary uncovers the forgotten horrors of British colonial rule — from the Uva-Wellassa Liberation Struggle of 1818 to the massacre of elephants, and the destruction of ancient irrigation ...