Soon after meeting Mike I accompanied him to Hikkaduwa where he was to meet a friend, Mim Scala, who, I was informed, was an important figure in London’s Swinging Sixties (www.mimscala.co.uk). I must ...

Heavy rain is expected in the daytime hours. The high will be 85°. Moderate air quality (51-100) Primary pollutant PM2.5 18 μg/m³ Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is ...

Hikkaduwa, Jan 17 (Daily Mirror) - A 19-year-old Canadian national went missing while bathing off Hikkaduwa beach last evening. According to the police, the Canadian was bathing in the sea despite ...

A foreigner drowned while having a sea bath at Hikkaduwa, Hikkaduwa Police said. The deceased foreigner was identified as Mark Shehan Herath, a twenty-year-old youth of Sri Lankan origin. A joint ...

She was on a diving holiday with her partner in the Sri Lankan coastal town of Hikkaduwa on Boxing Day 2004 when the country was devastated by a huge tsunami. Ms Mills-Porter, from Cofton Hackett ...

Leaving Colombo for Hikkaduwa is always cause for excitement. Usually it is because of the festive like atmosphere of the coastal village and the picturesque beaches it is home to. Now tourists in ...

Hikkaduwa Liyanage Prasantha Vinod (Sri Lanka) finds this serene scene of a young toque macaque sleeping in an adult’s arms. Vinod was visiting Wilpattu National Park in north-west Sri Lanka with his ...