The Hambantota new Grid Substation was completed with two power transformers with a 500 MVA total capacity. “With this transmission network improvement, Southern part of electric grid will be ...

The Hambantota district was 1,013 square miles in extent, and in 1911 the population of the district was 110,508, mainly Sinhala, except for the townof Hambantota, which had a large Muslim population ...

Hambantota International Ports Group has announced a significant investment for the installation of four quay cranes and 13 rubber tyred gantry cranes to expand the port’s capacity to handle 1 ...

Jaffna Titans had thoroughly dominated the first edition of Lanka T10 Super League and Hambantota Bangla Tigers during the tournament. But the Tigers roared back when it was most needed against ...

79. Shangri-La Hambantota has made waves at the 8th Edition of the South Asian Travel Awards (SATA) 2024 by securing two accolades at Aloft Kathmandu Thamel that brought together over 200 delegates ...

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 ...

Washington was quick to spread the narrative, with members of the Trump administration pointing to Hambantota as a warning against China ’s strategic use of debt. In 2018, then US vice-president ...

It has been revealed that the Sri Lanka Port Authority owns 15% of the total shares of Hambantota Port and the government has not received any dividend as no profit has been made in Hambantota Port so ...

The Asia Cup matches previously scheduled in Colombo may be relocated to Hambantota, as the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) scrambles to reduce the risk of matches being impacted due to rain ...

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 ...

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'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.