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The Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) has solidified its position in the Hambantota Municipal Council, winning the mayoral ...
ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee closed weaker at 300.10/20 to the US dollar in the spot market on Friday from 299.97/300.05 a day earlier, dealers said, while bond yields were up. A bond maturing on ...
The port of Hambantota in southern Sri Lanka has been a Chinese-run facility since 2017, when both sides signed a 99-year lease after Colombo struggled to repay debt from the port's construction.
Lanka Salt Hambantota has an annual production capacity of 135,000–140,000 metric tons of salt. Alongside Hambantota Maha Lewaya, the Koholankala and Palatupana salterns have also been established.
Small yet significant efforts of the Sri Lankan saltern industry More interestingly, the author noted an update from a private-sector salt producer in Sri Lanka entering the PVD market segment and was ...
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 ...
China To Develop Strategic Hambantota Port, Colombo Airport, Says Sri Lanka PM Gunawardena The southern seaport of Hambantota was handed to a Chinese state-owned company in 2017 on a 99-year lease ...
Sri Lanka’s prime minister said on Wednesday that China has pledged to develop the island nation’s strategic deep seaport and the capital’s airport after talks with his counterpart in ...
According to the AidData research lab at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, China has invested US$ 2.19 billion dollars in Sri Lanka’s Hambantota Port, after Sri Lanka leased the ...
Sri Lanka to seek investors for Hambantota oil refinery FILE PHOTO-A police officer stands guard at the entrance of the $3.85 billion oil refinery project land in the village of Mirijjawila in ...