Is it a conflict between conservation and the lifestyle of an indigenous group on the verge of extinction? Or is it a ruse to flout the laws of the land under the guise of preserving a nearly-extinct ...

Veddah Chief Uruwarige Wanniyale Aththo expressed his dissatisfaction over the imposition of the new marriage registration tax of Rs. 5,000 on Veddahs. He said that when the country was under British ...

Veddah chief takes the Mahaweli to Court: Last week, this headline struggled desperately for attention in a sea of controversy over forests, protected areas, protected trees and bulldozers backed by ...

An official double cab had been allocated to the Veddah Chief Uru Warige Wannila Aththo for his personal use accompanied with a driver on a directive from the Presidential Secretariat, the Moneragala ...

The writ application filed by the Veddah Chief Uruwarigelage Wannila Eththo will be supported in the Court of Appeal on Friday. The Veddah Chief has complained about the deforestation of the Damana ...

The Veddah Chief, Uru Warige Wannila Aththo, has also called for a general election. With all the nonsense taking place in the Parliament these days, a general election is all the people must want in ...

DRS. F. AND P. SARASIN recently made an expedition to Ceylon for the express purpose of investigating the caves now and in past times inhabited by the Veddahs, to see whether any stone implements ...

The leader of the indigenous community of Sri Lanka, known as Veddahs, has said that his group of people is being threatened by illegal tree-fellers. Uruvarige Wanniya Vanniyaleththo told the BBC ...

IT may interest many readers of NATURE to hear of the results of my recent expedition into the Veddah territory in the interior of this island. The expedition took place on September 18–25 of this ...