Everything to know before you go - Sri Lanka lures travellers with an impressive array: wildlife, history, exceptional food, ...

The Long Colonial History Of Galle Fort In Sri Lanka . ... Sri Lanka's port of Galle was first recorded on an ancient Greco-Roman map by Claudius Ptolemy on his world map between 125 and 150 AD.

The Netherlands returned formal ownership to Sri Lanka of six colonial-era treasures on Monday, including a more than 275-year-old cannon inlaid with gold, silver, bronze and rubies. At a ceremony at ...

The Netherlands said Thursday it will hand back hundreds of colonial-era artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, including a haul of treasure and a gem-encrusted bronze cannon.

A conversation across generations to reveal Sri Lanka’s hidden history Award-winning theatre director Ruwanthie de Chickera chronicles Sri Lanka’s post-colonial history, independence, revolts ...

Sri Lanka is firmly back on the holiday map – here’s why now is the time to return for affordable adventures. There’s a superb balance between true escapism and touches of home in the ...

This summer marked the 40th year since the sordid events of Black July ushered a dark new chapter into Sri Lanka’s history. To understand the true nature of this violence, it is necessary to go back ...

Sri Lanka, a tropical paradise that has spent much of its modern history at war with itself, on Saturday marked 75 years since the end of British colonial rule. Here are nine key dates in the ...

Aathe Athitheye Sita 1948 Dakwa Sangshipthe Sri Lankeye Ithihasaye (A Concise History of Sri Lanka from Ancient Times to 1948) Author – Indrakeerthi Siriweera A Sarasavi publication Reviewed by Lynn ...

he Netherlands said Thursday it will hand back hundreds of colonial-era artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka, including a haul of treasure and a gem-encrusted bronze cannon.