In 2023, the US announced a US$500 million plan to develop a deep-water shipping container terminal at the port of Colombo.

Credit: Sri Lanka map image via Shutterstock.com Subscribe for ads-free reading Sri Lanka is in an enviable location. The busy East-West shipping route passes just six to ten nautical miles south ...

The location of Sri Lanka thus lies in the key shipping route between the Malacca Straits and Suez Canal, which link Asia and Europe. Currently, the main use of the port is to receive vehicles ...

Sri Lanka has preferential access to GSP + trade concessions on 6000 tariff lines. Sri Lanka will soon have an electronic window that will link state agencies with international trade,” the minister ...

Colombo Port City was meant to jump start Sri Lanka’s economy and re-establish it in the global theater as a place that has more than just forest resources and beaches for tourists, and the ...

Sri Lanka earthquake: According to the National Centre for Seismology (NCS), the tremors were felt at around 12:31 IST and the epicentre was over 1300 km from the national capital, Colombo.

Earthquake latest update: A strong earthquake of 6.2-magnitude rocked Sri Lanka on Tuesday afternoon, the National Center for Seismology said. The earthquake was reported 1,326km off Colombo at ...

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 on the Richter scale hit Sri Lanka's Colombo on Tuesday at 12.31 pm, the National Center for Seismology (NCS) said. In a post on X, formerly Twitter, NCS wrote ...

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Earthquake of Magnitude 6.2 occurred on 14-11-2023 at 12:31:10 IST. The earthquake had a depth of 10 Km and was located 1326km SE of Colombo, Sri Lanka.