The Chinese refinery will be constructed in the southern port city of Hambantota, the same city where China previously built a port that it eventually acquired on a 99-year lease through its debt trap ...

The Hambantota International Port (HIP) has achieved an impressive growth rate of 22% in 2024, matching its performance from the previous year. With its sights set on even higher numbers in 2025, the ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s China-backed Hambantota Port said it had handled 43,777 twenty- foot equivalent units by mid-2024, after it started container relay operations in April 2024. There were only ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Hambantota International Port (HIP) achieved a growth rate of 22% in 2024, matching its performance from the previous year. With its sights set on even higher numbers in 2025, the ...

COLOMBO (News 1st); Hambantota International Port (HIP) achieved a growth rate of 22% in 2024, matching its performance from the previous year. With its sights set on even higher numbers in 2025 ...

Hambantota International Port (HIP) recorded 22% growth in overall throughput in 2024. The port’s bulk and break-bulk cargo throughput in the first half of 2024 increased by 134% compared to the same ...

When the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami hit Hambantota, the tidal disaster claimed over 30,000 people in this coastal town Twenty years ago on a day like today (December 26), people in Hambantota were ...

Twenty years ago on a day like today (December 26), people in Hambantota were getting ready to go to the Sunday fair during the early hours of the morning. The fair was usually at the beachside ...

The Mayor of the Hambantota Municipal Council Eraj Fernando has resigned from his position due to personal reasons. Participating in the ongoing monthly session of the council, Mr. Fernando said that ...

The Handing over of the Hambantota port to HIPG and HIPS companies took place at the parliament premises a short while ago. The National Treasury received 294 million dollars as the initial 30% of the ...