Governor Sir Robert Horton who succeeded Governor Sir Edward Barnes erected the 125 ft high Dawson tower with permission of the imperial government in appreciation of Engineer Capt. Dawson The road ...

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — China has agreed to provide a loan of $989 million to Sri Lanka to build an expressway that will connect the island nation's tea-growing central region to a China-run seaport ...

COLOMBO (Reuters) -Sri Lanka resumed construction of a stalled highway project with a new $500 million Chinese loan on Wednesday, the first funding from its largest bilateral creditor since the island ...

Colombo, Oct. 17 (Daily Mirror) - Delays to the completion of the Port Access Elevated Highway (PAEH) which would link Colombo City Centre and Katunayake Expressway (CKE) via the port has faced ...

Almost a week later many are still there in static Steinbeckian convoy, huddled under makeshift tarpaulins slung between three-wheeler vehicles and whatever furniture they could salvage – double beds, ...

Sri Lanka, Nov. 27 -- The Bentota Old Bridge spanning the Bentota River on the Galle-Colombo highway has collapsed due to the ongoing adverse weather conditions affecting the country. The bridge had ...

For the longest time, Colombo was swerved by holidaymakers flying into Sri Lanka for their two-week jaunt. Cast off as a waste of time, a frenetic city, with not much to see or do, a place only to be ...