Planning a trip to the tropical island country of the moment? Beverley Watts has your guide to the unmissable historic sites, ...

A city where ancient history meets futuristic ambition ... Sri Lanka is an island of contrasts, and Colombo and Galle capture its essence perfectly. Colombo, the dynamic capital, blends colonial ...

There is some evidence that even in the time of ancient kings ... Dutch era in areas such as Galle. However, a systematic piped water system was established by the British in 1886 for northern and ...

Sri Lanka's government is looking to lease land belonging to the Urban Development Authority in Colombo and Kataragama on a ...

Many attempts were in place to combat the effects of the Kelani Ganga flooding the lowlands bordering the Colombo city but several schemes undertaken ... that they were capable of constructing the ...

In accordance with his routine practice, Don Stephen (D.S.) rode his horse to the Galle Face green ... the Restoration of the sacred Anuradhapura city and the inauguration of the Mahiyangana ...

Planning a trip to Sri Lanka with kids? From activities and places to visit, to hotel recommendations, this family travel ...

We explored UNESCO-recognised archaeological sites including Galle Fort and the ancient cities of Anuradhapura ... as the world’s most welcoming city. Ironically, at Sigiriya, or the Lion ...

This is probably why he chose to live in the coastal city of Galle in the south of Sri Lanka ... Several times village vigilantes stopped me, asking me if I was looking for ancient treasures that had ...