The convoluted story behind the failing Port of Hambantota, erected with much ado on Sri Lanka’s southern shore, has become to many a clear example of the dangers posed by China’s forceful use ...

The Hambantota Port has signed deals with more than 30 countries as it looks to promote its operations globally. Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) said that the promotional activities have ...

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 ...

In early 2011, I was in Hambantota, southern Sri Lanka, looking for the new port. After hours of driving, from the southern beaches through kilometres of wetlands featuring water buffalo, ibises, and ...

Although port operations started in 2011, following the completion of phase one of the project, Hambantota port was still incurring losses by 2016.

The Hambantota International port (HIP) welcomed over 6,000 tourists to Sri Lanka who arrived on five cruise liners, in the latter part of November and during December 2023. ..

Hambantota used to be one of the poorest regions in Sri Lanka, with economic activity restricted to artisanal fishing and seasonal agriculture. But the emergence of Hambantota Port has provided many ...

The Emergency Response Unit (ERU) of the Hambantota International Port (HIP) was called out recently to contain a fire that broke out in a shopping complex in the Hambantota Town. The fire which was ...

Despite the departure of the Rajapaksas, the hinterland of Hambantota is very much in the news. The privatization attempt of Hambantota Port... ..

It has been revealed that the Sri Lanka Port Authority owns 15% of the total shares of Hambantota Port and the government has not received any dividend as no profit has been made in Hambantota Port so ...

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 ...

Since the declaration of the Hambantota Port as a free port, there has been a heavy inflow of ships carrying vehicles into the Port, but lack of trained operational staff has hampered unloading and ...