The Coast Conservation and Coastal Resource Management Department (CCD) had recommended the construction of a six-metre-wide, 2.5m high boulder wall stretching around 1.5km on the sea-side of the ...

Srilanka, April 9 -- A ten-foot section of the road near the Rampart Street wall in the historic Galle Fort has collapsed, creating a sinkhole approximately five feet in diameter. In response to ...

A wall of the Dutch era building that is situated within the Galle Fort collapsed last night. The wall was part of the old post office and according to officials, no one was injured. They said it ...

Her ancestral home in the Fort had belonged to her family for almost 400 years, but is now attached to a popular restaurant within the Fort that advertises wood oven pizzas. The heat from the oven ...

Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Minister Vidura Wickramanayake told in Parliament yesterday (6) that no money will be charged from tourists who come to visit the Galle Fort. He said that ...

In 1640, the Portuguese surrendered to the Dutch East India Company. The Dutch built the present fort in the year 1663. They built a fortified wall, using solid granite, and built three bastions, ...