Saturday, April 13 marked the Sinhala and Tamil New Year, one of Sri Lanka’s main cultural holidays. Commonly known as “Avurudu” in Sinhala and as “Puthandu” or “Puththandu” in Tamil, the celebration ...

Sinhala and Tamil New Year Festival 2024 organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was held last Saturday (20) at the Police Field Force Headquarters Ground in Colombo. A cricket tournament was ...

The Sinhala and Tamil New Year festival held in Ethiopia transcended all barriers of ethnicity, religion, race or political beliefs and it portrayed a true Sri Lankan identity uniting all Sri Lankans ...