200 million last year to Rs. 80 million this year. What was most welcome to this writer was the singing of Sri Lanka’s national anthem in Tamil also. The national anthem was sung in Sinhala at ...

In search of Buddhist conscience (Baudha Hurdasakshiya Soya) (Part II of this article appeared in The Island on Monday – 03) Tissa Ranasinghe’s and Gananath’s Kannagi Gananath’s Pattini book has a ...

Dr Nihal Jayawickrama I had always thought that autobiographies were written after retirement. I hope this request from the ...

The commencement of the special programme, which was initiated to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year which falls today, was telecasted live on TV Derana and Ada Derana 24 this morning (13). Derana ...

Veteran Tamil political leader Somasundaram Senathirajah popularly known as “Maavai” Senathirajah breathed his last on 29 January 2025. The octogenarian six-footer suffered a brain concussion after a ...

This is Tamil Eelam. You're not going anywhere ... "But before the next year, the army came. Riviresa took place and we all had to leave." Riviresa, Sinhala for "sunbeam", was among the Sri Lankan ...

It’s the Lunar New Year! As of January 29, 2025, we have officially entered the Year of the Snake. Lunar New Year — which ...

Happy Lunar New Year! 2. Gong xi fa cai! 3. Wishing you luck, love, and health this Chinese New Year. 4. May the Lunar New Year bring you abundance. 5. May all your wishes come true this Chinese New ...

The Chinese New Year starts on January 29, 2025, ushering in the Year of the Snake. Here's a collection of heartfelt wishes to share with loved ones during this festive season ...

Another common greeting is gong hei fat choy, but this doesn't literally mean Happy New Year. Instead you are delivering a wish for prosperity and that the recipient will have a wealthy year ahead.

Lunar New Year — also commonly called Chinese New Year — marks the start of the new year based on lunar calendars, or monthly cycles of the moon's phases. The lunar new year starts with the ...