World oil price tops 81 dollars
SINGAPORE, Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - Oil prices topped 81 dollars a barrel for the first time on Tuesday, setting another record high amid fears of critically …
SINGAPORE, Sept 18, 2007 (AFP) - Oil prices topped 81 dollars a barrel for the first time on Tuesday, setting another record high amid fears of critically …
Sept 17, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's plantations companies have called for greater security of land on which they grow export crops like tea to ensure more …
Sept 10, 2007 (LBO) – The Sri Lanka shares closed lower Monday after rising at the opening with interest in John Keells Holdings helping to improve …
Sept 06, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka has started a programme to encourage the cultivation and consumption of cashew nuts, saying it is good for health and has …
Sept 03, 2007 (LBO) – Tea producing countries should aim to produce better quality, certified tea and not try artificial supply controls to raise prices, …
September 03, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka is tendering three off-shore oil exploration blocks in October and exploration firms are expected to begin work in …
Sept 1, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea plantations companies have been urged to grow their own fuel as a means of reducing costs at a time when fossil fuel …
August 31, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea industry in the southern part of the region where low grown teas are cultivated mainly by smallholders have too …
August 30, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea industry should slash the vast acreages under cultivation by half and improve yields as it was becoming …
August 28, 2007 (LBO) – Kenya is hoping to learn from Sri Lanka to add value to tea and earn more revenue in the face of sharp falls in prices for her …
August 27, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Hapugastenne Plantations said net profit for the June quarter shot up 472 percent to 170 million rupees with the …
Aug 24, 2007 (LBO) – Tea bag exporter Ceylon Tea Services Ltd., part of the Dilmah brand group, said net profit fell 7.1 percent to 152 million rupees …
August 24 (LBO) – Experts from the world's top tea producing and consuming countries will meet in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo next week to discuss …
August 24 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's tea trade, the island's main export earner, has said funds raised from a tax on exports are still not being ploughed back …
August 22, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Watawala Plantations plc, a unit of India's Tata Teas, said net profit for the quarter ended June 2007 fell 24 …
August 08, 2007 (LBO) – Kelani Valley Plantations, a unit of Sri Lanka's Hayleys group, saw profits dip 36 percent in the quarter ended June 2007 as …
Aug 2, 2007 (AFP) - Sri Lanka's tea export volumes fell by 10 percent in the first six months of this year, but earnings rose marginally by three percent, a …
August 01, 2007 (LBO) – Sri Lanka needs a more protectionist trade policy to ensure vulnerable sections of society are protected from the negative …
July 31, 2007 (LBO) –Sri Lanka's agribusiness companies have started a programme to get corporate executives to volunteer their services help farmers …
July 31, 2007 (LBO) – Pelwatte Sugar group has reported a loss of 75.6 million rupees for the June quarter while sales also fell 53 percent to 161 …