Lanka Salt Hambantota was originally established as a fully state-owned corporation. On January 24, 1997, the Ministry of Finance transferred its ownership of the shares to an external party for ...

This plan was the work of Sri Lanka’s former president Mahinda Rajapaksa, for whom Hambantota was not coincidentally his hometown. To finance the projects here he looked towards China, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

Photo taken on Aug. 16, 2022 shows China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 docking at Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka.

FILE - A Sri Lankan port worker stands on jetty at the Chinese-run International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16, 2022. Share Chinese-Funded Projects Deepen Sri Lanka’s Economic Woes ...

Yuan Wang 5, a Chinese scientific research ship, arrives at the port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Tuesday on 16 August 2022 after an earlier port call was deferred due to apparent security concerns (AP) ...

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.

Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port authorities said the high-tech Chinese research vessel that was to dock there on Thursday won't reach the port as scheduled, according to a media report, days after ...

Sri Lanka has allowed a Chinese spy vessel to dock at the Hambantota port this month, the island nation's army spokesman said on Sunday, days after India said it carefully monitored any ...