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Sri Lanka imports train from China for upcountry line
Sri Lanka has imported a train from China for its upcountry line at a cost of 10.3 million U.S. dollar which will be the first of nine power sets, the island's Transport Ministry said in a statement here Tuesday.
August14,2019
Sri Lanka opens China-funded railway line
The Sri Lankan government declared on Monday to open a railway line constructed between Matara and Beliatta in the southern part of the island country which will hopefully boost passenger traffic into the deep south.
April09,2019
Hope of hometown: Hambantota port in the eyes of Sri Lankans
Hambantota Port, located in the south of Sri Lanka, is embracing a giant yellow ship, which, capable of withstanding hurricanes and other extreme weather conditions on the sea, has never been anchored in the harbour before.
August24,2018
CGGC contracts road improvement project in Sri Lanka
The second engineering company of China Gezhouba Group Co., Ltd. (CGGC) recently won the bid for a road improvement project in Monaragala, Sri Lanka, marking the company’s another major step in exploring Sri Lanka market.
July12,2018
Chinese company starts hospital facility upgrading aid project in Sri Lanka
The Sri Lankan hospital facility upgrading project undertaken by a Chinese company began on June 15 in Aluthgama, a city in southern Sri Lanka.
June22,2018
Chinese company to construct underground pipes to prevent floods in Colombo
Sri Lanka and China signed a contract on Wednesday to construct new underwater sewage and pipelines in Colombo to prevent the threat of floods.
May31,2018
Nearly 100,000 Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka up to April
Nearly 100,000 Chinese tourists visited Sri Lanka till April this year, making China among the top three countries generating the most number of tourists to the island country, statistics from the Tourism Ministry showed here Tuesday.
May09,2018
Nearly 100,000 Chinese tourists visit Sri Lanka up to April
Nearly 100,000 Chinese tourists visited Sri Lanka till April this year, making China among the top three countries generating the most number of tourists to the island country, statistics from the Tourism Ministry showed here Tuesday.
May09,2018
Sri Lanka hopes to accelerate ongoing Chinese projects: PM
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has said his government will work with China to accelerate ongoing projects and attract more Chinese investment in order to promote economic and social development in the island country.
April24,2018
Sri Lanka, Singapore sign Free Trade Agreement
Sri Lanka and Singapore on Tuesday signed a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) aimed at boosting trade and investment between the two countries.
January24,2018
Singapore, Sri Lanka to ink FTA during Lee Hsien Loong's visit
Singapore and Sri Lanka will likely sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Tuesday in Colombo during Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's visit to the island country.
January22,2018
Sri Lanka, China to co-build dendro power plant
Sri Lanka and China on Friday signed a joint venture agreement to construct Sri Lanka's largest dendro power plant in Moneragala in the country's south.
January19,2018
China-built railway in southern Sri Lanka starts track-laying
The track-laying commencement of the first phase of the China-built Matara-Kataragama railway extension project has been held in Matara in southern Sri Lanka.
January15,2018
Sri Lankan business group aims to further commercial ties with China
The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce, Sri Lanka's largest business organization, said on Monday that it wanted to further strengthen commercial ties with China to attract more foreign direct investments into the island country.
November01,2017
CM Port says to build Hambantota Port into global maritime center
China Merchant Ports Holdings aims to building the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka into a global maritime center, the company said at Colombo's Ceylon Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
September25,2017
Sri Lanka in talks with China's Alibaba to promote online sales of Ceylon Tea
Sri Lanka's government is in talks with China's e-commerce giant, Alibaba, to promote online sales of the country's popular Ceylon tea, a local media reported Sunday.
August14,2017
China, Sri Lanka ink Hambantota Port deal
China Merchants Port Holdings and the Sri Lanka Ports Authority signed an agreement here on Saturday to develop the Hambantota Port in southern Sri Lanka.
July31,2017
China Merchants to take over Sri Lanka port
Chinese port operator China Merchants Port Holdings has announced it will acquire an 85 percent stake in Sri Lanka's Hambantota Port for 974 million U.S. dollars.
July27,2017
Sri Lanka's port deal with Chinese firm to boost Forex, strengthen rupee: media
A deal to lease Sri Lanka's southern Hambantota harbor to a Chinese firm will have broad benefits, such as boosting foreign exchange reserves and relieving pressure on the rupee, Minister of Ports and Shipping Mahinda Samarasinghe said.
July05,2017
Huawei vows to assist Sri Lanka's transform into digitally empowered nation
Chinese multinational company Huawei on Wednesday vowed to strengthen Sri Lanka's digital economy and transform the island nation into a digitally empowered one.
June29,2017
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