Enriching Sinhalese lexicon on psychology

(Colombo Lankapuvath) Economic Development Minster Basil Rajapaksa said on Wednesday (May 22) that only Sinhala Sinhala-Tamil-Muslim unity will bring victory and it is the duty of every one to work in harmony to safeguard this country which has been ...

Sri Lankans race elephants, bulls and horses in Homagama, near Colombo to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year. The festival is shared by the majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils; it began on April 14, but celebrations can go on for weeks. Next Up ...

Title: Sinhala Ves Muhunu (Sinhalese Masks) Author: Kariyawasam G G Dayananda Publisher: S.Godage and Brothers (Pvt)Ltd) Pages 128 Mask-making is an art unique to each nation depending on the milieu, time and needs. Mask-making signifies a milestone ...

Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism is not the ideal solution The grip of the ruler based on Sinhala Buddhist chauvinism is breaking down. It is thanks to this grip which subdued the Sinhala petty bourgeoisie, that Keheliya Rambukwella the government ...

Nihal Gunasekara is a lesser known name in the field of Sinhala literature. He happened to be an occasional short story writer, whose narratives had appeared in Sunday newspapers and some broadcast over radio channels. The main factor visible in ...

To celebrate the 150th birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda, a fountain of wisdom, of spirit and fire that kindled millions of people all over the world to enrich their spiritual life, Indian Cultural Centre (ICC) in association with Ramakrishna ...

Students of the Primary section of Wadduwa Central College celebrated their Singithi Bak Maha Ulela to coincide with Sinhala and Tamil New Year recently. Principal of the College, Ranasinghe Indrasena, inaugurated the event. Indrasena along with the ...

A bull tries to drag a toppled two-wheel cart during a traditional cart race in Homagama, near Colombo, to mark the Sinhala and Tamil New Year yesterday. The new year, which is common to both majority Sinhalese and minority Tamils, dawned on April ...

Sinhala Ravaya, a Sinhalese Buddhist pressure group, today staged a march to the Indian High Commission here to protest the repeated attacks against Buddhist monks in Tamil Nadu. Several dozens of monks and laymen handed over a petition to the Indian mission ...