Sri Lanka’s tea exports in the first eight months of this year had slipped by 12.74 million kg compared to the same period last year.
The exports during this period in 2023 totalled 158.32 million kg compared to 171.06 million kgs in 2022, Forbes and Walker Research stated.
FOB value for the period stood at Rs.1, 801.24 an increase of Rs.330.70 compared to Rs.1470.54 of January - August 2022.
August exports totalled 23.33 million kg indicating a gradual increase of 0.33 million kg compared to 23 million kg in August 2022. All categories except for Instant Tea and Green Tea have witnessed a decline against the corresponding month of 2022. (SD)
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.
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
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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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