Twelve foreigners and five Sri Lankans were injured when they were attacked by wasps in Sigiriya last evening. Police said the injured were admitted to the Kimbissa and Dambulla Hospitals.

The authorities need to do something not with the wasps that have been on the Sigiriya rock for centuries. Something obviously needs to be done with the people who clamber that rock indecorously; ...

But the authorities have made no effort to shut down the ancient palace and fortress of Sigiriya, which is sometimes ... before the terrifying swarm of wasps descended. Mrs Lalor hid in a mesh ...

Sri Lanka's famous rock fortress at Sigiriya has partially reopened after a swarm of wasps stung dozens of tourists at the weekend. Buddhist monks had lit lamps and incense sticks to pacify the wasps, ...

The Sri Lankan military has been deployed to evacuate tourists hit by a deadly aerial menace at the world famous rock fortress at Sigiriya. They have helped take dozens of people to hospital in recent ...

Hundreds of visitors to the historic Sigiriya rock came under a wasp attack yesterday, prompting authorities to temporarily close the site, police said. At least 50 people were admitted to the ...

The Sigiriya rock, 160km north of Colombo ... the frescoes but are told to maintain silence so as not to upset the wasps. The authorities do not use chemicals or smoke on the insects, fearing ...

The Daily Mirror said in an attempt to reopen the Sigiriya rock fortress for visitors, some special wasp protection jackets will be issued by the Cultural Affairs Ministry. The Sigiriya rock ...

(The Island, 6 April 2021) The writer wonders whether these insects were, in fact, wasps or rock bees (Bambara ... A colony of rock bees, however, has many individuals, (n.b. the colonies at Sigiriya) ...

The insect colony at the Sigiriya fortress, also known as the Lion Rock, was quiet today, four days after the wasps stung around 300 local and foreign holidaymakers, manager Cyril Hevavitharana said.