A song written by P.B. Illangasinghe and ... that Tamil is both an official and national language of Sri Lanka. The elevation of Tamil as an official language provided greater impetus for the ...

At least three different songs were in use then ... Court challenging the decision to sing the National Anthem of Sri Lanka in Tamil at the official Independence Day celebrations in 2016.

JAFFNA (Sri Lanka) – I am sitting in a bumpy public bus in April 2024 in the northernmost province of Sri Lanka, and there is a Tamil song by Indian music star A.R. Rahman from the 1990s blaring ...