Sydney Hotel has weathered war, a natural disaster, economic crash and the global pandemic, yet still stands strong to tell ...

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

Residents and business owners in Galle Fort say mounting traffic and inefficient garbage collection are eroding the quality of life and undermining the Fort’s status as a living heritage site. “I have ...

T he little-known coastal town of Galle is almost a Sri Lankan secret. It takes about a two-hour drive from Colombo to reach this port city that was built by the Portuguese in the 16th century ...

“Ma Dakina Galu Kotuwa” (The Galle Fort I See), the 28th solo art exhibition by ballpoint artist Mangala Madanayaka will be held from September 25 to 29 at the Maritime Archaeology Museum, Galle Fort ...

Galle Fort, a Unesco World Heritage site on the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, is a beautiful and well preserved gateway to the country’s colonial past and cultural richness. Built by the ...

Galle’s tryst with colonial powers began with the Portuguese who constructed the iconic Galle Fort in 1588. The Dutch edged the Portuguese out in the 17th century and made Galle their very own.

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 ...