The Colombo Crimes Division yesterday recorded the statement of SLMC leader Rauff Hakeem on the death of Kumari Cooray who committed suicide by setting herself on fire outside Mr. Hakeem’s residence.

She isn’t used to receiving strangers. A smile dimples her cheeks when I ask her what she’ll do if, later today, she’s chosen to be a kumari, or living goddess, a role that will bring people ...

The tribute this time came not from the industry as such but from the ‘Cooray Family’. Basil Rajapaksa, Minister of Economic Development was also among the distinguished gathering and he unveiled the ...

The word "Kumari" refers to a young unmarried girl, and the ritual of Kumari Puja is all about venerating these girls as manifestations of the divine feminine. As per religious scriptures ...

Born in Liverpool to Punjabi parents, Chila Kumari Singh Burman has explored her British-Indian heritage and played with and off ideas around Asian femininity for more than 40 years. She is now ...

My primary area of research is internationalization of higher education; my research interests span international education, internationalization of curriculum, social education, anti-racist and ...

Dr Sadani Cooray graduated from University College London with an MSc in General and Medical Microbiology in 1998 and from the University of Oxford with an MSc by Research in Genetics/Neuroscience in ...

The Congress was walking a tightrope throughout the campaign due to an apparent tussle between Bhupinder Singh Hooda–a Jat leader–and Selja Kumari, the party's most prominent Dalit face ...

Shehzad Poonawalla accused Congress of being anti-women, while Congress leader Kumari Selja demanded strict action against the accused party workers. "A very shameful video has surfaced.

The Haryana election result is a "big setback for the Congress", senior leader and one-time chief ministerial hopeful Kumari Selja told NDTV Tuesday afternoon. "...very disappointing," she said.