Over 600 schools in Sri Lanka across cyclone-affected provinces remain closed, with students promoted without tests. The Education Ministry has instructed schools to skip term tests for Grades 6 to 10 ...

SBS Sinhala correspondent, a senior journalist Manoj Udatiyawala reports the latest news highlights from Sri Lanka today, 11th of March. Find our podcasts in the SBS Sinhala podcast collection. You ...

In 1956 a Sri Lankan politician riding a great surge of populism, made a move that, at a stroke, disabled a functioning civil ...

The call for profound change in Sri Lanka’s education system echoes through every corridor of society. From bustling urban centers to quiet rural villages, a consensus is growing: the current ...

More than 2,000 students from seven medical faculties in Sri Lanka held a protest in Colombo on May 7 against the establishment of two private medical colleges. Students chanted: “Stop selling ...

4 million students study in approximately 10,000 public sector schools at primary and secondary levels in Sri Lanka. The World Bank supported Transforming the School Education System as the Foundation ...

Language is one of the most fundamental aspects of human communication, shaping not only individual identities but also national cultures. In multilingual societies like Sri Lanka, where according to ...

Emeritus Professor Deshamanya J.B. Disanayaka, the most senior academic and a distinguished figure among contemporary Sinhala scholars in Sri Lanka will be felicitated at a ceremony on Friday, June 13 ...

Monks from Buddhist organization Bodu Bala Sena (Buddhist Power Force, BBS) listen to a speech at a BBS convention in Colombo (September 28, 2014). Credit: REUTERS/Dinuka Liyanawatte Subscribe for ads ...