China seems to be gearing up to further ensnare Sri Lanka in its debt trap. This became evident when Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake undertook a four-day visit to China in mid-January ...

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state ...

Colombo, January 23 (Daily Mirror) - Hot on the heels of signing an agreement with China ... project primarily meant for the export market, and a landmass of 500 acres adjacent to the Hambantota ...

China’s Sinopec has agreed to set up an ... In a recent address, President Wickremesinghe defended the Chinese-built Hambantota port but pledged to address India’s security concerns.

The U.S. decision to shut down USAID has been widely criticized as a strategic victory for China, allowing it to expand its economic and political dominance unchecked.

China has also secured a long-term lease to build an economic zone at Hambantota. Dissanayake incidentally was a critic of the Hambantota port deal for its long-term lease while he was in the ...

projects, such as Colombo Port City and Hambantota Port, a renewed currency swap agreement, and expanded cooperation in trade, agriculture, digital economy, education, and climate action. China ...

A consignment of 6000 metric tonnes of sand was shipped to the Maldives about two months ago from the new Hambantota port amidst concerns that it may have come from the illegal sand mining business in ...