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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

If there is a bright spot in Sri Lanka and China's multi-billion dollar Hambantota debacle it's that nobody has given up on it yet. "Too big to fail" is a term that's often been applied to China's ...

Barely two weeks into office, it appears that Sri Lanka’s new government may follow up on one of its election manifesto promises: a bid to renegotiate the terms of its 99-year-lease on the port of ...

When the Hambantota Elephant Management Reserve was officially declared in 2021, about 1,000 acres of forest land—from Andara Wewa to Walsapugala, which was removed from the original plan —have since ...

China will not be allowed to use the southern port of Hambantota for military purposes, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has said, apparently attempting to allay fears in India and the US ...

Shangri-La Hambantota announced that the resort has achieved the Halal-Friendly Certification by the Trace & Able (Private) Limited — only entity in Sri Lanka certifying and conducting professional ...

Ubesinghe Jayawardenage Nonis, later Neville Ubesinghe (NU) Jayawardena (1908-2002), was born on 25 February 1908 in Hambantota. His father, Ubesinghe Jayawardenage Diyonis was born in Tangalle, in ...

A Chinese research vessel that India dubbed a ‘spy ship’ has docked at Sri Lanka’s Hambantota port despite security concerns expressed by it. The Yuan Wang 5 received a warm welcome from port workers ...

The National People’s Power Government is moving away from science and repeatedly launching elephant-removal projects designed mainly to please investors. In the “A Thriving Nation, A Beautiful Life” ...