History

Sugeeswara Senadhira recalls Taliban’s destruction of the giant Bamiyan Buddha statues in March 2001

Hundreds of thousands of Asian women, mostly from China and Korean, were kidnapped and coerced into sexual servitude to Japanese...

The ethnic conflict has linked Buddhism exclusively with the Sinhalese and Hinduism exclusively with the Tamils

The 13 th.Century temple is built with bricks that are so light that they can float on water

In pre-colonial times, relations alternated between conflict and cooperation says Prof. Amaradasa Liyanagamage.

Milan was the first film in which Yousuf conveyed deep emotions by his facial expressions alone, and the effect was...

Aneeq Mohideen describes how a small group of Jewish detainees fought the Germans to the bitter end in the Warsaw...

The Keralas were mercenaries in the armies of Sinhalese kings along with other South Indians like Tamils and Kannaatas (from...

While the mystery behind her death captured the attention of a nation, her life and contributions have often been overlooked...

A leading light of the bus boycott movement, Parks became part of all subsequent landmarks in the Afro-American struggle for...