Sri Lanka exported cinnamon as firewood to China for seven decades
The National List MP has emphasized the need for remedial measures to ensure genuine cinnamon spices, cinnamon oils and many other cinnamon products were exported under the…
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Sri Lanka does not need another international airport!
The country already has many international airports and one has been operating at maximum capacity, notes the writer.
Activist group flays international lenders and govt., for making 5.3 mn Lankans food insecure
The organisation has called upon the smallholder food producers in Sri Lanka to join the Agroecology Movement to ensure food soverignty in Sri Lanka.
Old rest houses of Jaffna peninsula
Rest houses were the pioneering institutions associated with the hospitality industry in Ceylon of the period between the 18th and 20th Centuries. It may be surprised to note that…
Record-breaking Rohit headlines India’s dominant win
Led by skipper Rohit Sharma’s record-shattering 131, India mauled Afghanistan by 8 wickets in their 2023 World Cup clash in Delhi on October 11.
Major leap in men’s appearance
The new generation of consumers, primarily Gen Z and millennials are willing to invest to keep themselves groomed.
Japan spent USD 10 mn on food for Sri Lankans since June last year
Over 7,200 metric tonnes of rice, lentils, vegetable oil, maize and soya beans procured by WFP through USD 6.5 million provided by the Japanese Government’s supplementary budget…
Sri Lankan govt. finally allows Chinese ship visit
Foreign Minister Sabry said that as a sovereign nation, Sri Lanka could decide whether to allow a vessel to enter its ports, and refused to divulge whether Indian officials had…
IMF checkmates Ranil
In its report, the IMF says that among many other reasons for popular discontent, the postponement of local government elections has been a source of popular discontent, notes the…
Sri Lankans migrate in thousands as bankrupt nation struggles
The South Asian nation’s 22 million people suffered desperate shortages of essentials in 2022 after the government ran out of dollars to finance imports, including life-saving…