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

When the Australian cricket team finished a day’s play against Sri Lanka in Galle in February, they came for a well-earned break at the Radisson Collection hotel, fives miles down the seafront.They ...

Young birder Lahiru Walpita begins most of his days at dawn by scanning the skies for seabirds along the coastline in ...

Disruptions in ports in the restive Middle-East will push maritime services towards Hambantota and Galle ports, a maritime industry expert who wished to remain anonymous said. ..

Hambantota, although geographically advantageous and designated as a port free zone, also seems to be moving more aggressively toward container handling. Given these trends, the development of bulk ...

News Galle springs a surprise as Sri Lanka and Bangladesh settle for a draw "The wicket on day five wasn't as we expected," Shanto said with Mathews adding that "it was a tough wicket for the bowlers" ...

Sri Lanka's team members walk off the field as it rains during the fifth day of the first cricket test match between Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in Galle, Sri Lanka, Saturday, June 21, 2025.

A career-best 187 by the stylish Pathum Nissanka led Sri Lanka to 368-4 in its first innings on the third day of the opening test against Bangladesh in Galle. That left the home team 127 runs ...

GALLE, Sri Lanka (AP) — Bangladesh won the toss Tuesday and opted to bat in the first cricket test against Sri Lanka, expecting spin to play a major part as the game progresses.

During Portuguese and Dutch occupation, Galle had been the main port of the island, since it possessed an excellent natural harbour, with trade and commerce with Europe and Asia conducted from there.

I take a beat before entering Kalutara Stupa, one of the most sacred sites on Sri Lanka’s Buddhist trail. That’s when I spot the elaborately carved semi-circular stone slab at the entrance ...

When the invading Portuguese built a small fort in southwest Sri Lanka in 1588, they could not have guessed that more than 400 years later, it would become the site of one of South Asia’s premier ...