The Hambantota International Port is a deep water port in Hambantota, Sri Lanka, notable for its 99-year lease to China Merchant Ports. Opened in 2010...

the construction of a new sea port and international airport finished in 2013. These projects and others such as Hambantota Cricket Stadium are said to...

Sri Lanka, the port of Hambantota that located in southern Sri Lanka is one of the biggest foreign investment by China Merchants Port. The company has...

Rajapaksa's plan to transform Hambantota District into a commercial hub; other projects included a cricket stadium and an international port. However, the plan was...

Lanka's Hambantota International Port has been leased to China for 99 years starting in 2017. China signing a 99-year lease on a foreign port is seen...

overwhelmed by debt. A 2020 Lowy Institute article called Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port the "case par excellence" for China's debt-trap diplomacy, but...

Lankan government in 2007 sought loans from China to develop Hambantota International Port, China Harbour lobbied to hired for the project.: 94  During...

waterways, harbours and three international airports: in Katunayake, 35 kilometres (22 mi) north of Colombo, in Hambantota, and in Jaffna. Roads account...

Sri Lanka sought international loans to develop Hambantota port.: 92  These efforts intensified during the presidency of Hambantota native Mahinda Rajapaska...

by the Exim Bank of China to build the Hambantota International Port and the Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport, which turned out to be unprofitable...