For centuries, rice has been the heartbeat of Sri Lankan agriculture, with over one million hectares of paddy fields ...

For centuries, rice has been the backbone of Sri Lankan agriculture, with over one million hectares of paddy fields cultivated annually, accounting for 37% of the country’s land. However, as climate ...

For centuries, rice has been the heartbeat of Sri Lankan agriculture, with over 1 million hectares of paddy fields cultivated ...

Russian fertilizer company Uralchem has delivered 55,000 metric tons of potash to Sri Lanka in a humanitarian gesture aimed ...

Over 10000 cases of leptospirosis commonly known as rat fever have been reported in Sri Lanka so far this year a senior official from the epidemio ...

The private sector mill owners seized the market opportunity and established the state-of-the-art grain silos for paddy storage. The market share is with the private sector which determines prices.

A donation of 55,000 metric tonnes of Muriate of Potash (MOP) fertilizer, also known as ‘Bandi Pohora,’ has been handed over ...

Commercial Bank is the biggest lender overall to Sri Lanka’s small and medium enterprises (SME) sector and the second biggest lender to the country’s agriculture sector. In 2023, the bank lent ...

COLOMBO, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- Over 10,000 cases of leptospirosis, commonly known as rat fever, have been reported in Sri Lanka so far ... monsoonal rains and paddy farming activities.

Some 40 percent of the country’s crops and fruits are lost annually due to the wild animal menace, says farmer leader ...