The launching ceremony of award winning director Jayantha Chandrasiri’s latest cinema venture ‘Dutugemunui’, life story of King Dutugemunu, the greatest of Sri Lankan kings took place in Anuradhapura.

We start learning about warrior King Dutugemunu very early in school. We continue to learn and read about this hero who unified the nation in 2nd century BC, virtually throughout our life. Now ...

“King Dutugemunu never treated Elara as his enemy and ordered people to respect him whenever they went pass his tomb," he added. Mr. Devananda said Sri Lanka would be disrespecting King ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — More than 2,000 years ago, a Sinhalese king named Dutugemunu saddled up his elephant and headed north to fight and kill Elara, an invading Tamil king from India. The battle ...