Supermarket shelves are running out of salt and consumers are ... The salt shortage was caused by domestic production at the Hambantota, ... Sri Lanka’s 23 million people require about 180,000 ...

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.

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 ...

A Chinese survey ship docked this week at the Hambantota port, built with Chinese loans. Some worry the ship's arrival may signal the start of militarization of Chinese infrastructure in Sri Lanka.

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 formally hands over Hambantota port on 99-year lease to China Beijing to hold 70 p.c. stake in the strategic port; Opposition and trade unions dub the $1.1 billion deal as “a sellout.” ...