Sri Lanka is paying some foreign debts with tea, rather than cash. But an abrupt ban on chemical fertilizers has hurt crop yields and tea pickers are losing hours and wages as food prices double. Sri ...

Dilmah invited to be Patron of UN Global Compact Network, Sri Lanka’s Water & Ocean Stewardship Working Group For Sri Lankans ...

The event, which drew numerous female representatives from diplomatic missions, international organisations, Sri Lankan ...

Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have agreed to strengthen investment ties and explore port connectivity projects as part of broader ...

National Development Bank PLC (NDB) continues to empower Sri Lanka’s export and manufacturing sectors with the introduction ...

Sri Lanka’s plan to lift tea production to 400 million kilograms by 2030 faces steep challenges, from underinvestment to ...

Mounting economic woes in Sri Lanka, a major player in the global tea market, may provide opportunities for Indian exporters of the commodity as the island country is set to witness a significant ...

The scene has not changed for more than a century-and-a-half, since the British brought tea to what was then Ceylon. Under a hot morning sun, women fan out through the clipped tea bushes, oversize ...

Above all things, Sri Lanka is known for its tea. Introduced in the nineteenth century, Ceylon tea today is a multi-billion-dollar industry that brings in wealth and tourism. The country has plans to ...

Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across the world. Tea is the island's biggest export, normally bringing in more than $1bn a year, but the ...

Heavy clouds rolled overhead, clearing out the day’s humidity in Sri Lanka’s central highlands. Below a forested hillside, tea pickers in colorful saris moved among rows of electric-green bushes, as ...