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China To Develop Strategic Hambantota Port, Colombo Airport, Says Sri Lanka PM Gunawardena

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The southern seaport of Hambantota was handed to a Chinese state-owned company in 2017 on a 99-year lease for US$1.12 billion, sparking security concerns in India. Sri Lanka Witnesses Re-Growth In Tourism Post Facing Economic Crisis Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Dinesh Gunawardena, announced on Wednesday that China has committed to enhancing the development of the … Read more

Gotabaya Rajapaksha hints India insisted on his continuation as Sri Lanka’s President in 2022

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Gotabaya Rajapaksa, ousted as the president of Sri Lanka in a popular public uprising in 2022, on Thursday hinted that India was keen on his continuation despite the growing public discontent against him at the behest of certain Western powers. “There was, in fact, a major foreign power that was insisting that I should not … Read more