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Over the course of seven years, Sri Lanka’s Port of Hambantota went from a bastion of hope for one of the country’s poorest districts to a dead weight that sunk its finances and turned the ...
A team from Disneyland will be visiting Hambantota to discuss setting up South Asia’s first Disneyland. Also, Diana Gamage, State Tourism Minister, Sri Lanka, is gearing up to discuss the USD 18 ...
Their fears grew this week, when a Chinese survey ship docked at Hambantota. Sri Lanka and China call it a scientific research vessel, which will stay through Aug. 22 to resupply.
When Sri Lanka announced in July 2017 that the underperforming Chinese-built Hambantota port was to be leased for 99 years to a Chinese government-linked company, Western and Indian media outlets ...
Sri Lanka tops the list of nations that may host a Chinese naval base in the coming years ... The South Asian nation’s Hambantota port is the most likely spot for a base given the US$2.19 ...
Colombo [Sri Lanka], October 23 (ANI): Team from Disneyland has agreed to visit Sri Lanka in November to hold discussions on setting up South Asia's first Disneyland in Hambantota.
Crew of Chinese scientific research ship Yuan Wang 5 wave their country's national flags from the ship after arriving at Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022.
Sri Lanka will call for an expression of interest from investors in a new oil refinery in the southern town of Hambantota, Power Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said on Tuesday. The decision was made ...
Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota opened in 2013 but was immediately plagued by problems. The project was funded through high-interest Chinese commercial loans. It was built ...
Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to fast-track a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery ...
Having passed the Sri Lanka Education Administrative Service Exam in 1988, Mr Gary Anandasangaree Canada’s First Sri Lankan Tamil Cabinet Minister History was made on July 26, 2023, when Sri ...