Rice millers call for release of govt stock to maintain price control
Feb 14, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners’ Association says if they are to sell rice to consumers at a controlled …
Feb 14, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Small and Medium Scale Rice Mill Owners’ Association says if they are to sell rice to consumers at a controlled …
Jan 31, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Tobacco Company PLC (CTC) announced that it will be closing its leaf depots situated in Anuradhapura and …
Jan 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka opened a state-run paddy store in Mannar to cater to the Northern region which can store 10,000 metric tonnes at cost of …
Jan 26, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tea exports for 2016 totaled 288.7M/kgs compared with 306.9M/kgs during 2015 showing, a decrease of 18.2M/kgs, a …
Jan 23, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lankans have been warned to conserve water and electricity with over a million persons affected so far by drought as crop output …
(Thomson Reuters Foundation) – With rainfall in many areas just a third of that last year and many water reservoirs far below normal levels, Sri Lankans …
Jan 19, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has held a discussion to look into the preparations at ministerial level to provide …
Jan 18, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has signed a 125 million dollar credit with the World Bank to support and promote commercial and export-oriented …
Jan 14, 2017 (LBO) – Nestlé Lanka layed the foundation stone for a new manufacturing facility at its factory in Pannala, Kurunegala, as commitment to …
(PRESS RELEASE) – The government decides to reduce tax on imported rice with effect from midnight today in order to bring relief to the people who are …
Jan 05, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka tea’s first Auction of the year concluded seeing good demand with high grown tea prices recording gains and low …
Dec 22, 2016 (LBO) – Tea production for the month of November totaled 27.3M/kgs, a gain of 2M/kgs against 25.29M/kgs of November 2015, Forbes & …
Dec 21, 2016 (LBO) – The Finance Ministry will release 7 billion rupees to paddy farmers as a fertilizer subsidy during the Maha cultivation season, the …
Dec 19, 2016 (LBO) – Reducing non-tariff barriers (NTBs) in Sri Lanka is a significant step towards realizing untapped export potential within …
Dec 07, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s tea auction average for the month of November showed gains with prices up 168.82 rupees to 581.33 rupees against …
Nov 16, 2016 (LBO) – The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) said it has serious reservations as to the feasibility and potential impact of recent …
Nov 15, 2016 (LBO) – Lanka Sugar Company, which includes Pelwatte and Sewanagala sugar factories, has recorded a profit of 1,018 million rupees for the first …
Nov 09, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s cabinet nod has been received to list Cinnamon as a banned commodity to import from other parts of the world. The move …
Oct 20, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka will deploy new initiatives to become self-sufficient in sugar manufacture, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said in a …
Oct 19, 2016 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is to introduce an industry-wide and real-time IT solution to integrate functions associated with tea in order to improve …