The Galle Literary Festival organizers expect an estimated 6,000 to 15,000 visitors in January 2024 as they focus on drawing a more international audience than in previous years
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1936 -First issue of ‘Life’ is published
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1945 – UNESCO is founded
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Sri Lanka plans to replace the existing Public Performances Board with a new ‘Public Performances Classification Board’, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said, calling for a culture of free expression in film and the arts devoid of censorship…
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he High Commissioner of India to Sri Lanka, Gopal Baglay, together with the Secretary of the Ministry of Buddhasasana, Religious, and Cultural Affairs, Somaratne Vidanapathirana,  inaugurated Chitralekha - the first-ever art exhibition of…
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Housed within the lobby of a popular shopping centre in Colombo, the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is the sole museum in the country focused on displaying and creating public engagement for Sri Lankan contemporary art
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2007 – The Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is adopted by the United Nations General Assembly
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After the political and social upheaval generated by the lack of provisions and social security which led to the aragalaya in 2022, there is a socio-political discourse in the country and diaspora about why the country descended into the…
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The Netherlands returned formal ownership to Sri Lanka of six colonial-era treasures on Monday (28), including a more than 275-year-old cannon inlaid with gold, silver, bronze and rubies
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Secretary for Culture and Media in the Netherlands, Gunay Uslu, will be making a special visit to Sri Lanka from August 27 to 31 to sign the legal document transferring the ownership of the cultural artefacts that will be returned to Sri…
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