COLOMBO (AFP) – Sri Lanka has signed a deal with a Chinese company to build a $1.4 billion city complex on reclaimed land near the harbour of the capital Colombo, an official said Wednesday. The state ...

The Government of Sri Lanka approved loans to develop both the Kankesanthurai (KKS) Harbour and the northern section of the Colombo Port. For the reconstruction of the KKS harbour, a credit line ...

Sri Lankan riot police last Wednesday attacked a protest march of about 1,000 Colombo port workers opposed to the government’s plan to privatise the East Terminal of Colombo harbour. The police ...

Sri Lankan authorities are bracing for a possible oil spill from the submerged wreck or some 386 tons of fuel oil thought to be still in its tanks. An investigation is underway after the MV X-Press ...

A suspected Coronavirus (COVID-19) seaman aboard the container ship of MSC Taranto was brought to the port of Colombo this morning, the Navy said. MSC Taranto is a container ship owned by a Liberian ...

The image attached to this story cannot be viewed for moderation or technical reasons The attached picture shows the 14" gun armed King George V leaving Colombo Harbour in mid 1945. Together with HMS ...

The second of two Israeli frigates sold over a year ago to the Government of Ceylon was formally turned over to the Ceylonese Navy at Ceylon’s capital of Colombo today, according to an official report ...