A TOURIST who leaned out of a train to take a selfie on a famous track has died after hitting a rock and falling off.

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Tourism Minister hinted at an ambitious and record 3 million tourist arrival target for this year, which will be 46 percent higher than what the island nation witnessed last ...

Olga Perminova, 53, was travelling on the legendary Podi Menike rail line when she decided to lean out of an open door in a ...

Russian tourist Olga Perminova, 53, was riding the Podi Menike train - which passes through spectacular scenery in Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka's 15 percent revenue target in 2025, can be achieved and the deficit may be better than expected depending on the ...

Grab a fresh coconut and watch surfers glide across waves in Weligama or Hiriketiya. Wait quietly as elephants stomp past ...

A Russian tourist has died after falling off the Podi Menike train while reportedly attempting to take a selfie. The incident ...

A Russian tourist travelling on the Badulla-Colombo Podimanike train died after falling off the train when attempting to take a selfie while hanging from the train footboard between the Badulla and ...

Sri Lanka Railways is enhancing services for the popular 'Ella Odyssey' train to boost tourism. Starting 1 February, a new weekend service will run from Kandy to Demodara. From February 10, a new ...

Deputy Minister of Tourism Ruwan Ranasinghe has issued a statement regarding the firefighting operations in the area around Ella Rock, expressing concern over false information being spread on the mat ...

For years, relations between residents and Israeli visitors were cordial, but cracks in this dynamic are now visible.

Huge boulders in the Rock Hill forest reserve have cracked and are at risk of rolling down onto the Ella-Wellawaya main ...