Sri Lanka News News Sri Lanka » History: A History of Sri Lanka’s Christians: From Colonial Catholicism to Ethnic and Religious Divides | Opinion
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. At least 200 people have been killed in several coordinated bomb ...
News Sri Lanka » History: After the Easter Bombings, Sri Lanka Grapples with Its History of Violence
In Sri Lanka, a wave of eight bomb attacks on Easter Sunday sparked a sense of both sickening familiarity and new disquiet. Throughout the morning and afternoon, in and around the capital, Colombo, ...
News Sri Lanka » History: What’s Going On in Sri Lanka? A History of War and Violence, Now Bombings Interrupt Peace
See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A series of bombings on Sunday morning killed almost 300 people at ...
News Sri Lanka » History: Sri Lanka’s greatest strategic asset is its civilisational heritage
For generations, discussions about Sri Lanka’s future have focused on economic policy, foreign investment, debt restructuring, taxation, political reform, and constitutional change. These are all ...
News Sri Lanka » History: Sri Lanka’s Sigiriya wasn’t Ravan’s palace. Here’s the real history
Indian travellers who visit Sri Lanka and ascend the rock fortress should set aside the version of its history pushed by social media influencers.
News Sri Lanka » History: Tea in Sri Lanka: Travelers take sips steeped history
The leaves that go into a cup of Ceylon tea play a surprisingly complex role in the history of Sri Lanka. It started with a single camellia sinesis plant brought from China in 1824 by the British, who ...
News Sri Lanka » History: Sri Lanka’s long, tragic history of violence
The explosions in Sri Lanka on Sunday, which killed more than 200 people and injured hundreds, were the deadliest violence in the country since its civil war ended a decade ago. The Easter Sunday ...
News Sri Lanka » History: Sri Lanka has a history of conflict, but the recent attacks appear different
Sri Lanka has long been subject to extremist violence. Easter Sunday’s coordinated bomb blasts, which killed almost 300 and injured hundreds more, are the latest in a long history of ethno-religious ...