JAFFNA, SRI LANKA—War and neglect have taken a toll on Jaffna Fort, a star-shaped structure built in the seventeenth century by Dutch colonists on the Jaffa peninsula. Archaeologist Prashantha ...

Jaffna fort, Sri Lanka’s icon of colonial rule, is slowly being rebuilt Jaffna, Sri Lanka: As an army of labourers churns out limestone bricks, archaeologist Prashantha Mandawala reflects on the ...

A Lasting legacy of the country’s colonial past, and today a maritime heritage, the famous Dutch Fort in Jaffna, was the innovation of the Portuguese who built it in 1618. It was re-built by Dutch ...

Now, cattle graze among the ruins of bombed out churches inside the fort, but the external walls have, happily, been almost entirely rebuilt and restored—with Dutch money. As a symbol of optimism, it ...

“” (let’s go to Jaffna) was a project organised by the Tourism and Hospitality Management undergraduates of the Sri Lanka Technological Campus (SLTC) Research University in commemoration of World ...

President Ranil Wickremesinghe declared open the state-of the-art new hospital building with all hi-tech facilities in Jaffna a few days ago on May 24. The opening of the new hospital building with ...

I will bring to the attention of the Inspector General of Police the escalating sword attacks taking place in Jaffna, NPC Governor Reginald Cooray said. He made the above comments at the media ...

JAFFNA- With the influx of local and foreign travellers to the North, the Jaffna town is regaining prosperity slowly but surely from the vast destruction of a 30-year conflict. People are keen to ...