The stage drama “Manushya Puthraya”, directed by Priyankara Rathnayaka, brought multiple honours to the University’s academic community, reflecting excellence across several dimensions of theatrical production, at the 52nd State Drama Festival – 2025, held on the February 10, 2026, at the Temple Trees premises.
The Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, through its Translation Circle, successfully inaugurated Bhāṣārṇava, an academic colloquium series dedicated to translation studies, with its first session held on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at the K14 001 Auditorium.
The inauguration ceremony of the Master of Arts Degree Programme in Buddhist Studies, organized by the Department of Pali and Buddhist Studies of the University of Kelaniya, was successfully held on 24 January 2026 at the Auditorium of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Professor Theresa McGarry of the Department of Literature and Language, East Tennessee State University, USA, visited the Department of Linguistics, University of Kelaniya, on 7 October 2025 under a Fulbright Scholarship.
