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 ...

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 ...

ECONOMYNEXT –Sri Lanka’s red rice which disappeared from shop shelves after price controls were strictly enforced, was due to the ex-President Ranil Wickremesnghe distributing rice, Trade Minister ...

In Sri Lanka, rice is more than a sustaining staple ... Then he heats up the coconut milk in a pot, adds dried red chilli, curry leaves, onion, salt, half a teaspoon of turmeric powder, and ...

"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." ...

Floating just below the southern tip of India, Sri Lanka is a stunningly verdant island cloaked in jungles. Roads lace their way around rice paddies ... masoor dal (split red lentils, imported ...