On News1st Explorers which was premiered on Prime Time News on Wednesday details were brought to attention of how our first colonists, the Portuguese made port in the commercial hub of Sri Lanka, Colombo.

On Thursday’s segment it explores the remnants of the fortress that the colonists built in Colombo.

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