The destruction of a Sri Lankan library helped spark a civil war, and its reconstruction helps signal the war’s end Arunasalam Sanmugadas smiles when he remembers learning to read as a child. His ...

The Jaffna library once held irreplaceable, ancient manuscripts, lost when it was torched in 1981. Fully restored, the beloved landmark today is... Up From The Ashes, A Public Library In Sri Lanka ...

The programme to develop the Jaffna Library into an e-library was inaugurated this morning (01) under the patronage of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. Accordingly, the website jaffna.dlp.gov.lk ...

Princess Anne of the United Kingdom arrived in Jaffna on Thursday (11) afternoon and was welcomed by the Governor of the Northern Province P. S. M. Charles.Princess Anne arrived in Jaffna to visit the ...

Colombo, Feb 19 (Daily Mirror) - While thanking President Anura Kumara Dissanayake for allocating Rs. 100 million in this year’s budget for the development of the Jaffna Library’s infrastructure, ...

Insufficient staff is a big setback for Jaffna Public Library’s e-library project, according to the Chief Librarian Anusiya Sivakaran. “Limited staffing has slowed the e-library’s progress. Users will ...

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