The last major overhaul had been sensitively carried out in 2002 by architect Channa Daswatte, a pupil of Sri Lanka's master ...

When Dilip Fernando arrived at St Sebastian's church in Sri Lanka's Negombo on Easter Sunday, it was so crowded he went elsewhere for mass. The decision probably saved his life. Shortly after he ...

During Portuguese rule (1605-1658), Sri Lanka was a fertile mission land for the Jesuits, the Dominicans, and the Augustinians to work. By then, the Dutch East India Company was already active in the ...