Sri Lanka’s pipe borne water supply is not contaminated: Minister
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s pipe borne water distributed through the National Water Supply and Drainage Board is safe to use, City Planning and Water …
May 30, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s pipe borne water distributed through the National Water Supply and Drainage Board is safe to use, City Planning and Water …
May 25, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lankan’s tea exports fell to 20.1 million kilos in April 2017, a nine percent dip from a year ago, but revenue was up, Forbes and …
May 25, 2017 (LBO) – Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO) Thursday signed an MOU with the Presidential Taskforce to assist in the …
May 12, 207 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's Jinasena (Pvt) Limited, a water management systems and solutions provider, launched a new solar irrigation system that pumps 10 …
May 02, 2017 (LBO) – Sri Lanka’s Finance Ministry has expanded crop insurance that has so far covered paddy cultivation to five other food crops. The …
Feb 17, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's National Insurance Trust Fund says they have procured a reinsurance program for its agriculture insurance schemes. "This …
Feb 15, 2017 (LBO) The Indonesian government will donate 5,000 metric tonnes of rice to Sri Lanka following a request of President Maithripala Sirisena …
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 price the …
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 Sigiriya due …
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 2.6 …
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 tea market …
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 have …
Jan 19, 2017 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has held a discussion to look into the preparations at ministerial level to provide essential …
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 agriculture, …
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 affected …
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 grown teas …
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 & Walker Tea …
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 …