Keppetipola Disawe (Monarawila Keppetipola): The most revered hero of the Great Rebellion of 1817–1818 in the Uva-Wellassa region. Initially sent by the British to suppress the uprising, he famously ...

Thousands of Sri Lankan Catholics attended the fifth annual memorial service, April 21, of the 2019 Easter bombing, where the church initiated the process of declaring the victims as "heroes of faith, ...

Of the victims, 171 were Catholic faithful who were attending Mass at St. Sebastian and St. Anthony Churches in Colombo, the capital of the Asian country. The Missionaries of Charity order holds a ...

Addressing the media on November 25, Sri Lankan Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala declared that it was not “permissible” to hold commemoration events associated with Maviraal Naal (Great Heroes ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met with Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup heroes on Saturday, April 5 during his visit to the island nation. PM Modi met up with the Sri Lankan legends Marvan Atapattu, Chaminda ...

Amarasuriya’s comments once again expose the Dissanayake government’s claims to oppose communal politics, want ...