You can fly to this island nation filled with historic sites for less than £350, and get a hotel room for just £11 a night.

On the chilly morning of 19th June, 2025 a group of friends and colleagues from media, grocery and hospitality industries and ...

Escape to an exciting destination this long weekend with these 7 stunning destinations under 5 hours from Dubai.

Fly over Galle, a beautifully preserved Dutch colonial fort city on Sri Lanka’s southern coast, where red-tiled rooftops, stone ramparts, and crashing waves create stunning aerial vistas ...

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 ...

Peter Harris fell in love with the building on his first stay there 20 years ago, when he was on holiday with his family.

Ambassador Gunasekera handed over to Minister Bruins the list of colonial artefacts identified by Sri Lanka for the second phase of the repatriation.

Lawmaking in Dutch Sri Lanka: Navigating Pluralities in a Colonial Society by Dr Nadeera Rupesinghe will be launched on Monday, July 22 at the auditorium of the National Archives, No. 7, Philip ...

The best cocktail bar and smokehouse in the region is not in Galle, the majestic Dutch colonial city that was historically the south's biggest draw.

In the canon of Bawa and Plesner’s work, the Ena de Silva House looms large. It may have been based on Kandyan styles with a touch of Dutch colonial manor house and Roman atrium thrown in, yet six ...

Following a milestone in international relations and provenance research, six priceless Kandyan artefacts seized during the Dutch colonial occupation of Sri Lanka have been returned from the ...