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 ...

Sri Lankan Special Economic Zone is primed for investors looking to write the next chapter in the region’s growth story Port City Colombo is a Special Economic Zone dedicated to the export of modern ...

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 ...

Galle Road, which runs parallel to the coastline, is the main feeder channel for vehicular traffic from the South into Colombo city’s commercial spine. The road is a route for a multitude of economic ...

CHEC Port City Colombo (Pvt) Ltd., the master developer of Port City Colombo, reaffirms its commitment to attracting Foreign Direct Investments into Sri Lanka, and delivering further infrastructure ...

There's something about stepping off a plane into a place that feels calm yet intriguing. For us, it began with the soft welcome of a salty sea breeze, the gentle rustling of leaves, and the quiet ...

Having spent over 10 months in Sri Lanka, I’ve become fairly well acquainted with the Colombo hotel scene. There are the chains, some global, some local, which take up space in sprawling buildings and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I travel the world reporting on emerging markets and China overseas. Colombo Financial City has so far been one of the most ...

Participants of inaugural Smart City Ideathon workshop hosted by University of Moratuwa’s Town and Country Planning Department, in collaboration with Port City Colomb Port City Colombo, Sri Lanka’s ...

At sunset, I had an unimpeded view of a crimson-tinted sea from the rooftop bar of the Kingsbury Hotel in Colombo, Sri Lanka. This hotel, which sits right between the Port of Colombo to the north and ...