Pearl of the Indian Ocean’ is every bit as attractive an embodiment of natural beauty as the prized gemstone itself.

Sigiriya has been crowned the world’s most welcoming city for 2025 by Booking.com, based on over 360 million of its verified customer reviews. The online travel agency (OTA) named Sigiriya as a ...

The Sri Dalada Maligawa, one of the country’s most sacred sites venerated by millions of Buddhists was attacked by LTTE suicide bombers in 1998. Recently, another of Sri Lanka’s famed world heritage ...

It is a tale of treachery and deceit, love and hate, triumph and disaster that has fascinated people down the ages. It is also a tale of craftsmanship and sensuous art, the legacy of which still holds ...

COLOMBO: As year-end vacation plans roll in, familiar favourites like Bali and Thailand tend to dominate the list of would-be ...

Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in Sri Lanka Here is what you need to know about climbing to Sigiriya, the 200-metre-high city fortress in ...

Though the tunnel was designed with the assurance that it would cause minimal ecological disruption, this picture shows that subsidence could not be prevented The project is implemented as part of the ...

1998 22COM VII.43 - Reports on the State of Conservation of Cultural Properties Noted by the Committee 1997 21COM VIIC.55 - Reports on the state of conservation of cultural properties noted by the ...

In the central highlands of Sri Lanka, my driver makes a turn on to a small dirt road. Minutes later, he turns again at an unmarked opening in the trees. Moments after that, we find ourselves in a ...

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