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 ...

The salt shortage was caused by domestic production at the Hambantota, Elephant Pass and Puttalam salterns suffering due to heavy rainfall and lack of sufficient sunlight since 15 March.

HAMBANTOTA, Sri Lanka, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka votes to elect a new parliament this week in a snap general election called by its Marxist-leaning president who wants a fresh mandate in the ...

China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 has docked at Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port (HIP) for replenishment purposes.

The South Asian nation’s Hambantota port is the most likely spot for a base given the US$2.19 billion China has already invested there, according to an assessment by the AidData research project ...

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 ...

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.

FILE - A Sri Lankan port worker stands on jetty at the Chinese-run International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16, 2022.

A Chinese research vessel that India dubbed a ‘spy ship’ has docked at Sri Lanka ’s Hambantota port despite security concerns expressed by it.