But industry leaders pushed back. The Planters’ Association of Ceylon (PA), which represents the interests of plantation companies and tea estate owners, said the increase could jeopardise Sri Lanka’s ...

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka's next ... elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday's presidential ...

Almost 5% of the population of Sri Lanka work in the billion-dollar tea industry, picking leaves on the mountain slopes and processing the tea in plantation factories. The cultivation and selling ...

Time stands still at the Tea Plantation Workers’ Museum & Archive in Gampola. Located in a row of traditional line rooms that are over a century old, the museum attempts to convey what life was like ...

Tea traders said seasonal quality teas have been affected by the uncertain weather ... “It’s a volatile period for the plantations,” noted one broker. Sri Lanka’s plantation sector has gone through ...

Tracked down one day for an interview for her book Plantation Tea, Herman was presented with the quirky ... Perhaps a challenge set by a man who has presented a history of Sri Lanka, like no other has ...

Sustainable soil health: by Lalin I De Silva With the escalating impacts of climate change, Sri Lanka’s plantation ...

By Ifham Nizam Sri Lanka, a country blessed with abundant natural resources, is globally recognised for its exceptional ...

Afriandi/Moment/Getty Images Often referred to as the "Pearl of the Indian Ocean," Sri Lanka is a stunning island nation that ...

President Maithripala Sirisena has urged Sri Lankan tea farmers not to panic ... "as a friendly country", Russia would help Sri Lanka. Plantation Minister Navin Dissanayake and Industry Minister ...