Plantation sector estimates 40-pct drop in tea production from 3-month drought
Apr 16, 2020 (LBO) – Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) estimates a 40 percent drop in estate tea production solely resulting from unprecedented drought …
Apr 16, 2020 (LBO) – Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA) estimates a 40 percent drop in estate tea production solely resulting from unprecedented drought …
Mar 16, 2020 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Defence Ministry said yesterday it has requested all who arrived from Europe including UK, Iran and South Korea between 1 and …
Mar 04, 2020 (LBO) - The “Responsibility in Fashion” program by HSBC Colombo Fashion Week introduces three responsibility and circularity-based …
An expert team of five Japan Coast Guard (JCG) officials including two National Strike Team members specialized for combatting oil spill incidents and two …
Feb 13, 2020 (LBO) – The strategy experts suggest that the Sri Lanka tea industry should consider adopting the blue ocean strategy for it’s profitably and …
Mobitel and Thuru’s joint project - ‘Reforestation through Technology’ - has been shortlisted for the ‘Best Mobile Innovation for Climate Action …
In November 2019, the US embassy’s Air Quality monitor in Colombo registered a value of 167, whereas the accepted value of air quality stands at 50. Even …
Jan 17, 2020 (LBO) – Planters’ Association of Ceylon urges policy makers to urgently convene a meeting of all stakeholders in order to make a final …
Jan 15, 2020 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers have decided that the minimum daily wage of estate workers to be 1,000 rupees with effect from March …
Dec 16, 2019 (LBO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has launched a pioneering initiative - “Global Action for Fall …
Dec 12, 2019 (LBO) – The United States Agency for International Development (USAID), On December 5, launched its “Clean Cities, Blue Ocean” (CCBO) …
Dec 09, 2019 (LBO) – The Meeting of States Parties (MSP) to the Convention on Biological Weapons, which concluded its four-day session in Geneva today …
Dec 06, 2019 (LBO) – Sri Lanka's Finance Ministry has prohibited the importation of spices and minor export crops for the purpose of re-export or re-export …
The United States donated landslide monitoring instruments to Sri Lanka’s National Building Research Organization (NBRO) to more effectively manage the risk …
Nov 06, 2019 (LBO) – The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Ministry of Primary Industries and Social Empowerment of Sri …
Oct 23, 2019 (LBO) – United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) is collaboratively unveiling Sri Lanka's first forum on bamboo for energy and …
Oct 21, 2019 (LBO) – The Planters’ Association of Ceylon sounded a cautionary note with regard to the health and sustainability of the entire tea industry …
Oct 16, 2019 (LBO) - The first meeting of the mangrove ecosystems and livelihood action group (MELAG) under the Commonwealth blue charter, was held recently in …
Sep 29, 2019 (LBO) – The initial outlay on Sri Lanka’s largest vocational skilling project announced on 28 August has now increased by 60 percent from its …
Sep 26, 2019 (LBO) – India has imposed an unrealistic Minimum Import Price (MIP) on Sri Lanka pepper and arecanuts resulting in negligible exports, the …