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Thai AirAsia airline resumed operations from Bangkok to Colombo route yesterday (July 9), the Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited (AASL) said.The post Thai AirAsia resumes flights from Bangkok to Colombo appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
AirAsia resumed direct flights between Bangkok and Colombo, Airport and Aviation Services (Sri Lanka) (Private) Limited said. AirAsia resumed the popular Bangkok (Don Mueang) to Colombo route today (9th July 2023). The new services to the capital of Sri Lanka will operate four times weekly. Resuming its operations, the first flight arrived at the BIA […]
Sri Lankan tea prices that had been piping hot have cooled off as production in the world’s fourth-largest tea grower begins to recover.The post Sri Lanka tea prices dip 40% from record high on production rebound appeared first on ONLANKA - Sri Lanka Latest Breaking News and Top Stories.
Sri Lankan tea prices that had been piping hot have cooled off as production in the world s fourth-largest tea grower begins to recover.
The Australia Sri Lanka Parliamentary Friendship Group was relaunched in Canberra at the Sri Lanka High Commission under the Chair of Member of Federal Parliament, Sri Lanka born Cassandra Fernando of the Labour Party and Vice Chair Senator James McGrath of the Liberal Party. This group, which has been in existence earlier, had been dormant […]
Sri Lanka is set to start bartering tea to Iran next month in lieu of $250 million owed for oil, a Sri Lankan official told Reuters on Friday, as the crisis-hit country tries to lift sales to a key market and protect its forex reserves.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Sabry will participate in the 22nd Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) at the Commonwealth Headquarters, Marlborough House, London on 15 March 2023. Prior to the CFAMM, on 13 March Foreign Minister will attend the Commonwealth Day celebrations which also marks the 10th anniversary of the signing of the Commonwealth […]
Sri Lanka’s tea production is expected to fully recover next year after last year’s drop, the country’s Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed said.The post Sri Lanka tea industry to fully recover next year, says minister appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA
Sri Lanka s tea production is expected to fully recover next year after last year s drop, the country s Environment Minister Naseer Ahamed said.
The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Iran, with the assistance of the Association of Air Transport & Tourism Agencies of Iran and the Sri Lanka Tea Board, successfully organized Sri Lanka's participation in the 16th Tehran International Exhibition of Tourism and Related Industries held from 07-10
The Parliament is scheduled to convene from 21st to 24th. This has been decided at the first meeting of the Committee on Parliamentary Business held recently (Feb. 10) under the chairmanship of the Speaker Hon. Mahinda Yapa Abeywardana. Accordingly, the Parliament is scheduled to convene on Tuesday, February 21st at 9:30 am. From 9.30 am […]
The Government of Sri Lanka with the support of the Ceylon Tea Exporters donated a consignment of “Ceylon Tea” to the Ambassador of Türkiye in Colombo to be delivered to the victims of the devastating earthquakes in Türkiye. The consignment was handed over to Ambassador of Türkiye Demet Şekercioğlu by Director General for Emergency Response […]
Earnings from Sri Lanka’s tea exports contracted 5 percent Year-on-Year (YoY) or by US$ 65.7 million to US$ 1.259 billion in 2022 due to reduced quantities shipped to importing markets.The post Tea export earnings down 5% in dollar terms, but hit record-high in rupee terms amid sharp depreciation appeared first on Sri Lanka News - Latest Breaking News in Sri Lanka - ONLANKA News.
Edelweiss/Swiss International Air Lines, a member of the Lufthansa Group, resumed direct nonstop flights from Switzerland to Sri Lanka today. The inaugural flight from Zurich to Colombo, LX 8068, arrived in Sri Lanka with 125 passengers. The passengers were warmly welcomed by a traditional Kandyan dance performance and presented with tea gift packs sponsored by […]
[…]The post Budget Woes; How Soon Will Titanic Touch The Bottom? appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe says he took over the Titanic after it hit the iceberg and now he is trying to move the ship off the iceberg. He says once the Titanic is moved off the iceberg the country can move forward. The President said that Sri Lanka has declared itself bankrupt and the Government is […]
Addressing the 32nd annual general meeting of the Sri Lanka Tea Factory Owners Association, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the country has a very competitive tea industry that needs to be modernized. MORE.
The cost of production of tea growers has steeply risen by 30-35 percent so far this year
In the nine months of 2022 Sri Lanka exports fell 9 percent to 192.60 million kilograms.
In dollar terms, the average sale price for Sri Lankan tea had been 4.41 dollars per kilogram
The sharp increase in lending rates is a major cost to the industry
We must first set ensure that politics is led by economics and science, and not the other way around.
The average tea price in August hit 1,951.82 rupees per kilogram
US dollar earnings were up 2% to 117.5 million dollars in July from a year ago
July prices surpassed the previous record price reported in April 2022 of 1,333.61 (USD 4.14).
By Steve A. Morrell Rupee earnings from tea from January to June this year is Rs.164.2 billion. This translates into a 28 per cent increase in earnings from tea over corresponding earnings from tea during the same period last year, which amounted to Rs. 127 billion, an Asia Siyaka (AS) tea research report said. In […]
US dollar earnings were down 6 percent to 116.5 million dollars in June from a year ago.
Promises inputs amid soft-peg crisis
Tea farmers would be able to import fertilizer and inputs
In rupee terms export in May were up 54 percent to 33 billion rupees