Ahead of Lankan PM Wickremesinghe's visit to India, the Lankan government dropped a $300-million housing deal with China for a joint venture with an Indian company.

As Wickremesinghe visits India, Lanka drops Chinese housing deal

Mattala Rajapaksa International Airport in Mattala near Hambantota opened in 2013 has become a bone of contention in Sri Lankan domestic politics.

Won't be easy for India to bring Sri Lanka's Hambantota airport to life: China daily

The deal had triggered public anger in Sri Lanka with several people demonstrating on the streets fearing loss of their land. Some politicians said such a large-scale land transfer to China would infringe on Sri Lanka?s sovereignty

Lanka 'limits' China's role in Hambantota ports deal after domestic and international concerns: Reports

Wickremesinghe speaks exclusively to WION on ties with India and China, terrorism, LTTE and more

WION Global Leadership Series: Ties with China not at India's expense, says Sri Lanka PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Thanks to an informant, 274 kg of cocaine were found hidden among sugar sacks in the Peliyagoda container yard near Colombo

Sri Lankan police make country's biggest cocaine seizure ever

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