The Colombo Tea Auction saw 5.5 million kg of tea on offer this week with 2.46 million kg of Low Grown Main Grades and 1.65 million kg of High and Mid Grown Main Grades.
In the Low Grown catalogues select best OP1s maintained, whilst corresponding BOP1s declined. Well made OP/OPAs in general were fully firm to dearer, whilst below best OPAs together with poorer sorts were barely steady. Pekoe/Pekoe1’s in general were fully firm to dearer. In the small leaf catalogues select best FBOP/FBOPF1s were fully firm to dearer, whilst a range of improved below best varieties maintained; others were irregular and at times lower.
Shippers to Azerbaijan, Turkey and Russia were active, whilst shippers to Syria were selective.
Ex-Estates’ met with fair demand at slightly lower rates following quality. Better Western BOP/BOPFs were lower Rs.40 to Rs.50; coloury below best BOPs were firm to dearer and their BOPFs were about firm. Nuwara Eliya BOPs were about firm on last with hardly any BOPFs were on offer this week. Udapussellawa BOPs were irregular lower. BOPFs were about firm. Uva BOP/BOPFs were lower upto Rs.50. Better Medium BOPs were dearer, whilst others were firm. Better BOPFs were firm; the bottom irregularly lower. CTC BP1s were irregular and tended lower, whilst CTC PF1s were firm on last. (SD)
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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