Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across the world. Tea is the island's biggest export, normally bringing in more than $1bn a year ...

Tea cultivation remains central to Sri Lanka's economy But the tea sector ... families are given individual sections of plantation to harvest themselves - with them setting their own hours ...

Herman Gunaratne sits opposite me at the Railway Café in Galle. He fits the dapper mould, respectable, polite and with a slight glint in his eyes. A New Age Old World man and bestselling author of The ...

Sixty-three-year-old Natesan Jayaraman, in his 44 years of working in a tea plantation, has learnt that avoiding unnecessary ...

Mr Perera lives and operates companies in Russia as well as in Sri Lanka. The local company has all the infra structure including a tea bagging and packing plant, warehousing and an experienced team ...

The coconut triangle which is located in Kurunegala, Gampaha and Puttalam where coconut cultivation is done has been converted to housing lands which is against the law according to the Tea, Rubber ...

While act aims to enhance ethical standards, paper states that it has not yet led to measurable improvements within Sri Lanka’s tea and apparel industries Policy paper advises both industries to ...