A worker cleans inside the Lotus Tower in Colombo, capital of Sri Lanka, on April 10, 2019. Under the Belt and Road Initiative, Sri Lanka and China signed the Lotus Tower agreement in 2012 to build ...

Sri Lanka’s Lotus Tower, an architectural marvel that graces the skyline of Colombo, has become a focal point for both admiration and concern since its grand opening in September 2022.

Sri Lanka on Thursday opened the massive 1155 ft (350 m) tall Lotus Tower which is also referred to as a Chinese built "white elephant" for public viewing.

Island nation Sri Lanka’s ‘white elephant’ Lotus Tower, financed with Chinese debt, is all set to open this week. It is also referred to as Colombo Lotus Tower. 1,150 feet (350 m) tall, it ...

Colombo [Sri Lanka], September 16 (ANI): The Lotus Tower of Colombo which is funded by China and constructed under its Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was declared open to the public on Thursday.

A huge green and purple communications tower in Sri Lanka financed with Chinese debt that has become a symbol of the ousted Rajapaksa clan’s closeness to Beijing will finally open this week, its ...

Inauguration of the tower could not have come at a worse time for Sri Lanka- and the Rajapaksas, seen as close to China. The tower, financed with Chinese debt is seen as a "vanity project" more ...

The Lotus Tower in Sri Lanka is a 1,1555-feet (350-meter) tall tower visible from all over Colombo and is purple and green in color. The tower was constructed with an estimated $113 million and ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Chinese-built Lotus Tower has halved visitors to its observation deck an official said as dirty air flowing from India triggered air quality warnings and schools in the ...