Sri Lanka, April 25 -- The Department of Meteorology has issued a lightning warning for the Eastern, Uva, Central, Northern, and North-Central provinces, as well as the Hambantota district.

To keep the Hambantota dream alive Sri Lanka needs help, and debt-for-equity swaps have been arranged that will see controlling interests in the country's only deep sea port and Mattala ...

Sri Lanka has agreed in principle to sell an 80% stake in a deep-water port on the nation’s southern coast, close to one of the world’s busiest sea lanes, to a Chinese state-owned company.

Sri Lanka’s Hambantota district in the south of the island is one of the areas worst affected by the tsunami that hit on December 26. While the current official death toll claims 4,500 were ...

Exploring the Significance of Hambantota Port for China and Sri Lanka The convoluted story behind the failing Port of Hambantota, erected with much ado on Sri Lanka’s southern shore, has become ...

K.G. Gamini Srianand, 68, the mayor of Hambantota and a member of the Rajapaksas’ party, said that Mahinda Rajapaksa had done more than any of his predecessors to develop the district.

The Best Entrepreneur Awards Ceremony for the Hambantota District, an annual event organized by the Hambantota District Chamber of Commerce (HDCC), was held for the 8th successive time on October 17 ...

Mahinda Rajapaksa goes to China to deliver a warning that protests could erupt if they actually build the proposed 15,000 acre special economic zone in the south of Sri Lanka.

Health authorities express concern over the rapid increase of HIV contracted individuals in the Hambantota district this year. ..

Agricultural land in the Thammanawa area in the Hambantota district is now protected with a 15 feet high hanging electric fence that will keep away wild elephants. The Hambantota International Port ...

With the high incidence of human-elephant conflicts in the Hambantota District, a landmark MoU was signed between the Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) and the District Secretariat Office of ...