The Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation, originally 'Radio Ceylon,' celebrates its centenary. Known for popular shows like 'Binaca Geetmala,' SLBC was Asia's first commercial short-wave station and ...

Sri Lanka is celebrating the Centenary year of its radio service this year. It was indeed a momentous event when the Sri Lankan radio service, Radio Ceylon, was launched on December 16, 1925, making ...

Sri Lanka was always known as Ceylon and the people of Sri Lanka were known as Ceylonese in the pre-independent era. Sandy beaches, wildlife, hills in the central region, archeological sites, etc.

COLOMBO, Sri LankaCOLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka has decided to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence from Britain in ...

The Ceylon Biscuits Ltd., (CBL) products were officially launched in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by the Ambassador of Sri ...

I refer to the article on Legislative Reforms in the Sunday Island and Sunday Times of Sept. 10. The State Council was the first legislative body of Ceylon which was elected through universal suffrage ...

Ceylon Tea exports have demonstrated notable volume growth for the first eleven months of 2025, reaching a cumulative total of 239.57 million kilograms. This figure represents a solid increase of ...

Science writer and astronomer Anura C. Perera claims that the country’s name change from Ceylon to Sri Lanka has caused utter destruction over the past few decades owing to the unfavorable word ‘Sri’.

Drawn mainly from the Alkazi Collection of Photography, these photographs reveal, to the contemporary Indian viewer, the similarities and the differences between colonial India and Ceylon. A ...

Sri Lanka plans to remove all remaining references to its British colonial name Ceylon from state institutions. Ceylon gained independence in 1948 and changed its name to Sri Lanka when it became a ...

Ceylon gained independence from Britain in 1948 and changes its name to Sri Lanka when it became a republic in 1972. The name Ceylon is a transliteration of Ceilao, the name of the country under ...