HIKKADUWA, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sipping fresh coconut water while sunbathing on deserted Hikkaduwa beach, Alexi Konchayenko, a sports trainer from Ukraine, struck a stoical note. Bomb blasts can happen ...

Cape Weligama's famous crescent shaped infinity pool overlooking the ocean There are many gems to be found along Sri Lanka’s curvaceous 830-mile coastline. Palm-fringed bays are plentiful though there ...

Abundant with dreamy flora and fauna, covered in coconut trees and tea bushes, and ringed by wildly dramatic seas, Sri Lanka has captivated travellers for centuries. Myth and legend swirl throughout ...

The US says it did not provide Sri Lanka with advance intelligence regarding imminent attacks prior to Easter Sunday, the US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Alaina Teplitz told CNN’s Christiane Amanpour ...

How to spend 12 days in Sri Lanka - The tropical island paradise is overwhelmingly beautiful. Colombo-based travel writer ...

These are exciting times for tourism in Sri Lanka. The ‘peace dividend’, witnessed since the end of the civil war that had wracked the country for nearly three decades from the mid-1980s, has created ...

Julie Falconer reports about her recent visit to Sri Lanka, where she stayed at several unique hotels housed in converted colonial-era buildings. Read more of her stories on her London travel blog and ...

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