Rice-filled bread?

Picture 1: Paddy Cultivation Minister D.M. Bandaranayake examines bread and rolls made out of a mixture of rice and wheat flour at a demonstration last week organised by the Industrial Technology Institute (ITI). The government is promoting increased consumption of rice and rice-based products to overcome surplus production. Picture 2: Paddy farmers P.M. Gunaratna Banda and D.M. Thilakaratna Banda from Welikanda pour out their problems of lower prices and surplus ouput to The Sunday Times FT. Pix by Athula Devapriya and Quintus Perera.

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• Brandix may herald wave of mergers in apparel trade
• Illicit dealers offer fast money transfers
• Local carriers eye India
• Amex credit cards now in Sri Lanka
• "Don't believe the newspapers" - Interior Minister
• Seminar on treasury risk management
• Nahil accuses PERC of violating Lankan constitution
• Tea output seen exceeding 300m kg
• HNB treasury records sharp profit in 1H 2003
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• A small business of your own: Is it worth the trouble?
• Finance Ministry moves towards good governance
• DHL extends business in South Asia Indo-China
• Jaffna's classic British cars (Feature)
• Gold jewellery still banned in Jaffna! (Feature)
• Fishermen struggle to revive business (Feature)
• Farmers still wary of mines (Feature)
• Where have all the flowers gone? (Random thoughts)
• Investment risks and business in Jaffna (Comment)
• Garments - What happens after 2005? (Feature)