The rapidly rising price of rice continues to cause concern at
government, industry and consumer level this week, as the
Philippines has sought to buy in supplies, Indonesia has
implemented a ban on overseas sales, and US rice futures...
Russia's large tea-drinking community is bracing itself for higher
costs as the south east Asian countries devastated by December's
tsunami increase their prices in a bid to rekindle much-needed
economic growth, writes Angela...
The different characteristics of grapes and the soil they are grown
in help give wines their character, but according to Sri Lankan
firm Dilmah, the same is true of tea. The company has launched a
new range of teas under the Watte...
The Sri Lankan National Chamber of Commerce has appealed to the
Health authorities to grant a concessionary period of at least two
months to sell the...
Consumer products giant, Unilever NV, is considering an end to its
64 year old production operations in Sri Lanka as rising costs and
labour action choke...
The Health Ministry in Sri Lanka is to launch a National Policy on
food safety from next year to ensure that foods available at hotels
and fast food centres...
