History

Prof .Tikiri Abeysinghe explains why there was a mass conversion of Jaffna Tamils by the Portuguese in his book published...

December 10 (BBC) - The transport minister was picked by her Social Democratic party after its leader, Antti Rinne, quit...

History does not support the interpretation of the electoral divide as a fundamental ethnic chasm.

If "tea" was traded by sea from China, it was "tea" but if it was traded overland, it was "cha"...

Guru Nanak is believed to have stayed in Lanka for two and a half years and Kurukalmadam is associated with...

"The pain and grief that has transcended the generations since must never be dismissed or denied," Archbishop Justin Welby said.

The structures in the Bogambara prison were built with brick, lime, and wood, not concrete. Its floors are made of...

What the battle-weary country seeks to do through its war museums — remind, forgive, but not forget, writes Kanishkaa Balachandran...

Manavari temple, Ravana cave, Ashoka Vatika, Seetha Amman temple, Divurumpola, Ussangoda, Thiru Koneswaram temple, and Kathirkamam are part of the...

A leading Bangladeshi oncology pharma company "Beacon" will offer cancer drugs free for every second drug purchased by the Institute...