According to the National Library of Sri Lanka, there are some 1,135 public libraries for the country's 20 million citizens. A small municipality can house its modest collection in the town hall.

The reconstructed Jaffna Public Library. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/ Anton Croos Subscribe for ads-free reading It was May 31, 1981 when early signs of the looming civil war broke out on the Jaffna ...

The Indian High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, donated as many as 16,000 books to the iconic Jaffna Public Library in Sri Lanka on Thursday. Read Ad-Free on App Continue on TOI App ...

Sri Lanka, April 24 -- A collection of books from the personal library of the late Sri Lankan politician Mangala Samaraweera has been donated to the Colombo Public Library.

On April 22, 2025, the personal library of the late Mangala Samaraweera—Sri Lanka’s former Minister of Foreign Affairs and Finance—was formally handed over to several public institutions at a ...