Justice for Animals, a welfare organisation which focuses on spay-neuter and rabies vaccination campaigns of homeless cats and dogs, as well as pets whose owners cannot afford the vet costs, is ...

The Aluth Pola, a Justice for Animals pop-up fundraiser market will take place on Sunday July 9th from 10:00am – 6pm at Body Bar, located at No 3 Jawatte Avenue, Colombo 05, the organizers said.

The Sinhala Aluth Avurudda or the Sinhalese New Year is celebrated in the month of Bak according to the traditional lunar calendar of the Sinhalese people. The name ‘Bak’ comes from the Sanskrit word ...

As a child I lived with my grandparents in Meewatura, a village close to Peradeniya and my mind goes back to the Aluth Avurudu I spent there. I vividly remember the paddy harvest season; the rains ...

it is not a religious day, it is observed as a holy day by the Buddhists. ‘Avurudu’ is also the time for new clothes which are bought to match with the colour(s) specified as the ‘lucky colour’ for ...