Whole-genome analysis of urban Sinhalese and Adivasi clans in Sri Lanka reveals migratory history and genetic relationships.

For centuries, barefoot pilgrims have walked through the arid jungles and lush forests of Sri Lanka’s east and south, ...

The UN’s High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk was on an official visit to Sri Lanka last week. Unlike previous visits by high commissioners however, Turk faced a unique challenge – the ...

The Dalai Lama has offered hints that he might diverge from the customs. He has said that his successor will be born in a ...

The aging Tibetan spiritual leader is looking to prevent Beijing from taking advantage of a power vacuum that might arise after his death.

The Meegoda Ayurvedic Hospital Patients come from far to seek treatment at the western province’s largest provincial ...

In spite of many ardent attempts to highlight the fallacy of the arguments of the CEB and the many unanswered questions of ...

Op-ed: In the Philippines and across the Global South, people have spent centuries building structures to survive – and to ...

The Health Ministry will launch a nationwide dengue eradication campaign from tomorrow to July 5 with the assistance of the ...

If you fancy a day of fairy tales in a unique forest setting, then mark Sunday, July 6 in your diary as Mermaid Arts Centre, ...

First devised by Zoltan Takats, a chemist and professor at Imperial College London, the technology consists of a needle-like ...

Book Review  by Prof. Rajiva Wijesinha Soon after I finished Ameena Hussein’s book about Ibn Battuta’s pilgrimage, I opened ...