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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.

A Greater flamingo egg has hatched in the Birds Park in Hambantota producing a chick for the first time in Sri Lanka, an official said yesterday. ..

Sri Lanka leases Hambantota airport built with Chinese loans to Indian, Russian firms Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Hambantota opened in 2013 but was immediately plagued by problems.

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.