The convoluted story behind the failing Port of Hambantota, erected with much ado on Sri Lanka’s southern shore, has become to many a clear example of the dangers posed by China’s forceful use of ...

The deal by the previous government to hand over control to a Chinese firm was seen as a cautionary tale on the dangers of ‘debt trap’ diplomacy. Elections in Sri Lanka last month have put the small ...

The Asian Cricket Council (ACC) is currently facing a dilemma concerning the venue for the remaining five Super 4s matches and the final in the ongoing 2023 Asia Cup. Originally, these matches were ...

The Hambantota International Port Group (HIPG) has failed to pay nearly Rs.140 million in municipal rates (taxes) due to the ...

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A Luyang class guided missile destroyer with Type 071 Landing Platform Dock (LPD) is also transiting the Indian Ocean and headed towards the Chinese base in Djibouti on the eastern seaboard of Africa.

People welcome China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 at Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, Aug. 16, 2022. China's space-tracking ship Yuanwang-5 has docked at Sri ...

Sri Lanka tops the list of nations that may host a Chinese naval base in the coming years as Beijing seeks to expand its maritime capabilities, according to a new report. The South Asian nation’s ...

In early 2011, I was in Hambantota, southern Sri Lanka, looking for the new port. After hours of driving, from the southern beaches through kilometres of wetlands featuring water buffalo, ibises, and ...

The infamous 99-year-lease on the port to a Chinese state firm may see an update if the new government in Colombo has its way. Barely two weeks into office, it appears that Sri Lanka’s new government ...

As soon as the magnitude of the tsunami disaster became apparent, hundreds of Sri Lankan health workers, including doctors and nurses from Colombo’s National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL) immediately ...