sri lanka

Man survives fall from World’s End in Sri Lanka

A Dutch honeymooner has become the first person to survive a fall from the World's End, a 4,000-foot (1,200-metre) cliff…

10 years ago

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka

Pope Francis has arrived in Sri Lanka to begin a six-day Asian tour. The pontiff, who will later travel to…

10 years ago

Kottarappu Chattu Kuttan: Sri Lanka’s famous Galle Face Hotel doorman dies at 94

Kottarappu Chattu Kuttan, a doorman who worked for 72 years at Colombo's Galle Face Hotel, the most famous hotel in…

10 years ago

Australia admits returning 41 asylum seekers to Sri Lanka

Australia has admitted it has returned 41 asylum seekers to the Sri Lankan authorities at sea, raising concerns that it…

10 years ago

Faraz Shauketaly, Sunday Leader’s reporter, shot in neck in Sri Lanka

Faraz Shauketaly, a reporter from Sri Lanka’s newspaper Sunday Leader, has been shot by a group of unidentified men at…

12 years ago