The skies will be mostly clear. The low will be 23°. Pressure is the weight of the air in the atmosphere. It is normalized to the standard atmospheric pressure of 1,013.25 mb (29.9212 inHg ...

Sri Lanka's foreign minister said on Wednesday that the South Asian island nation had signed an agreement with Chinese state energy giant Sinopec to fast-track a proposed $3.7 billion oil refinery in ...

The southern town of Hambantota, currently seeing most of the development in the country with an airport, sports facility and convention centre and other mega facilities, is set to witness the ...

The 2004 Boxing Day tsunami claimed the lives of over 30,000 people from across Sri Lanka, out of which the recorded death toll in Hambantota was over 3000. Airudeen lost his mother, elder sister ...

COLOMBO, Feb. 3 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka's Hambantota International Port (HIP) is prepared to support the expected surge in vehicle imports following the recent lifting of Sri Lanka's import ban ...

Sri Lanka's Ministry of Energy and Sinopec signed an agreement for $3.7 billion investment to construct an oil refinery with a capacity of 200,000 barrels in the Hambantota region. Under this $3.7 ...

The stadium is located in Hambantota, and boasts of a capacity of nearly 35,000. It hosted the first One Day International in 2011, when Sri Lanka played Canada in a World Cup fixture. It was also ...

WEATHER FORECAST FOR 01 FEBRUARY 2025 Issued at 05.30 a.m. on 01 February 2025 by the Department of Meteorology  Misty conditions can be expected at some places in Western, Sabaragamuwa, Central, ...

Fairly heavy showers above 50mm can be expected at some places in Uva province and in Matale, Nuwara-Eliya, Ampara and Hambantota districts. Showers or thundershowers will occur at several places ...

COLOMBO, Jan 22 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's foreign minister ... $3.7 billion oil refinery in its southern port city of Hambantota. Sinopec and Sri Lanka will jointly decide the share of refined ...