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Chinese Ambassador to Sri Lanka Qi Zhenhong (front row, third from left) and captain of the Yuan Wang-5 ship, Zhang Hongwang (front row, second from left), attend a ceremony welcoming the Chinese ...
Sri Lanka opened a $292 million (180 million pounds) Chinese-funded airport highway on Sunday, amid Indian concern about Chinese influence as the island nation rebuilds after a nearly three-decade ...
Sri Lanka's largest port began on Wednesday construction of a $700 million terminal project, partly funded by India's Adani Group, an official said, marking the first foray by an Indian company ...
The U.S. announced a $553 million project Wednesday to build a deep-water shipping container terminal in Sri Lanka’s Port of Colombo as it competes with China in international development ...
In recent months, Sri Lanka has run out of food and fuel, prompting a swelling protest movement. Here’s a timeline of how the situation has unfolded.
The latest Sri Lanka Development Update (SLDU) projects the country’s economy to contract by 4.3 percent in 2023, as demand continues to be subdued, job and income losses intensify, and supply-side ...
Army soldiers arrive to remove the protesters and their tents from the site of a protest camp outside the Presidential Secretariat in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, July 22, 2022. Defense spending is ...