The story goes that in 2011 Sri Lanka’s then-president Mahinda Rajapaksa looked out from the land reclamation site of Colombo's emerging South Container Terminal and had an epiphany: why not just keep ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- On Saturday, the mega Colombo Port City, built on 269 hectares of land reclaimed from the sea, celebrated the integration of the reclaimed land with the capital city of ...

The Port City Colombo is an important section of China's Belt & Road Initiative, in midst of CPEC in the Arabian Sea and the Myanmar corridor in the Bay of Bengal, it connects the world's biggest ...

CDF Duty Free Sri Lanka General Manager Dimantha Kinigama says, “While we operate with CDFG’s global vision, our intention is very much local – to grow and unlock the immense potential of Sri Lanka’s ...

When policymakers, investors and industry leaders discuss Sri Lanka’s economic transformation, the conversation almost always ...

The controversial ‘Colombo Port City Economic Commission Act’ came into effect on May 27, 2021. The act provides for the establishment of the Colombo Port City Special Economic Zone (SEZ); and the ...

Sri Lanka's Colombo is emerging as the new staycation hotspot for Indians here's why.

COLOMBO, Jan. 4 (Xinhua) -- Port City Colombo, in association with local partners, launched a year-long project to clean up a 5 km stretch of beach it the city of Colombo on Saturday. The project was ...

Colombo to be a regional hub for ITES, design, trading, tourism, financial services -- Saliya Wickramasuriya, Member and Official Spokesperson, Port City Economic Commission, Government of Sri Lanka ...

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sri Lanka's $1.4bn (£1.07bn) Port City development has ...

In the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, a "city of the future" is rising from the sea. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency. The Port City Colombo project, located near Colombo's central business ...