A trip into the jungle with members of one of Sri Lanka’s oldest tribes reveals a way of life both richly entwined with nature, yet ever more precarious. European Editor at Large Over two thousand ...

Lazy summer days at the beach getting a tan are passé as Sri Lanka Tourism Promotion Board (SLTPB) is marketing the country as an adventure destination with adventure seekers being identified as a ...

As Sri Lanka leaves its civil war-torn past behind, tourists are flocking to see its famous spots Cracks of thunder slice through the air, but the previous day the sun had turned the landscape citrus ...

The guide books say the beach at Uppuveli is the finest on Sri Lanka's east coast. The setting is the stuff of tropical island paradise, a graceful curve of white sand with palm trees leaning over it, ...

With the fall of Mullativu, which the LTTE had held since 1996, the Tigers are believed to be confined confined to 300 square km of jungle in Sri Lanka’s northeast. Tony Birtley, Al Jazeera’s ...

Sri Lankan troops have captured the jungle "nerve centre" of Tamil Tiger guerrillas in the east of the island after months of fighting, the defence ministry says. The military took the Thoppigala ...

BUYING a crumbling, century-old mansion on a Sri Lankan hillside for £315,000 is a gamble many would shy away from taking – but one that’s paid off royally for four pals. Built in 1912 by the son of a ...

The villagers say they were relocated to a patch of cleared jungle Some Sri Lankan Tamils who left a vast displacement camp this week say they were "left in the jungle" with no means to rebuild their ...