Red rice has cultural significance ... according to the Agrarian Development Board. Sri Lanka’s 2.5 million farmers comprise 30 per cent of the country’s workforce and are engaged in two ...

Sri Lanka will change the law of a state commodity trading company to allow it to license competitors, a government statement ...

Unlike in our neighbouring countries, many red rice varieties are quite common in Sri Lanka. One day I took a few of my South Asian friends who had visited Colombo for a meeting, for their last-minute ...

During the three-day official visit to the United Arab Emirates, President Anura Kumar Disanayake met with Sheikh Abdullah ...

"In some regions of the country, such as the south, there is a shortage of red rice (a quality of rice ... well as the distribution system for the rice sector at all levels as soon as possible." ...

Yet specific to rice and Sri Lanka, the balanced position articulated by Dr. Gamani ... The monthly retail price fluctuation is across the main paddy and rice types (samba, nadu, red rice etc.) and it ...

Rice shortages in Sri Lanka have disrupted the Hindu Thai Pongal celebrations ... Preparing Pongal, a dish of red rice and coconut, is the core ritual of the festivities. However, the island nation's ...

Sri Lanka is blessed with an abundance of fruits ... Beetroot curry is almost always on the menu and tastes divine when mixed with red rice, dahl curry, pol sambol and green bean curry - don ...

Taking in verdant tea country and historic stations, the island’s railway network makes for a perfect way to explore ...