Any traveller landing in Katunayake Airport during the day can’t help but notice and marvel at the lush greenery one sees ...

Almost 5% of the population of Sri Lanka work in the billion-dollar ... Theune visited plantations in the country to explore the world of Ceylon tea production. Schmoo Theune Tea bushes on ...

10/17/2024 October 17, 2024 The hill country Tamils in Sri Lanka, workers who have shaped the nation's tea industry for centuries, continue to live on the margins. Despite their invaluable ...

Its main exports are textiles, garments, and tea leaves, and the nation has ... lender of last resort by providing loans to Sri Lanka to help the country meet its payments. The emergency relief ...

Sri Lanka has earned a global reputation for its high-quality ... to the processing and tasting that define its unique flavours, the country's tea industry is a way of life. Our France 2 colleagues ...

Nuwara Eliya is perched in the heart of Sri Lanka’s tea country. Our insightful guide Manoj remarked that tea pickers are currently paid a pittance, because “the middle men in Colombo are ...

known as the Little Niagara of Sri Lanka. A major source of foreign currency, tea exports bring at least $1.5 billion a year to the economy. Today three-fourths of the country’s 200,000 armed ...

As part of this effort, the introduction of the 186-mile Pekoe Trail at the end of 2023 seeks to offer a unique trekking ...

Tea exports plummeted ... Creditors downgraded the country’s bonds, and Sri Lanka defaulted in May. Sri Lanka went from lower-middle-income to upper-middle-income, according to the World ...

Bangladesh’s tea exports have hit the highest mark in the last seven years as competitive pricing provided an edge over major ...

A tea company has been awarded the King's Award in Sustainable Development for its work helping to improve lives of people ...

This town in Sri Lanka's highlands has a vibrant culture and rich history. It features temples and resorts that promote ...