Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, ...

Sri Lanka is south Asia’s newest hotspot. ... Dutch forts and marine sanctuaries: Sri Lanka is ideal for a long weekend trip. By Vidya Balachander, Mumbai. Feb 11, 2016 07:51 PM IST .

The fort lies on one of the many islets off Batticaloa in Sri Lanka. It was originally built by the Portuguese in 1628. The Dutch fleet landed in Batticaloa to visit the then king of Kandy to win ...

In a daring dawn mission, five helicopter gunships Tuesday flew through rebel fire to bring relief to besieged Ft. Jaffna, where a 201-soldier garrison has become a symbol of the brutal civil war t… ...

A rising of the richness of history within Sri Lanka’s magnificent fortresses. A true experience of Sri Lanka cannot be complete without a visit to some of the great forts, which date back to ...

At Galle Fort you can experience the stylish side of modern-day Sri Lanka. Credit: Alamy WHY . Sri Lanka looms as the new alternative to Bali, sans the over-development and the undesirables, with ...

Jaffna fort, Sri Lanka’s icon of colonial rule, is slowly being rebuilt Jaffna, Sri Lanka: As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archaeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ...

A collective property base from each of which you can travel to almost every major attraction of the respective area Two new ...

Colombo Fort is where history whispers through cobbled streets and colonial facades, standing tall against the backdrop of a rapidly modernizing skyline. As sleek skyscrapers rise, this district ...