Persian traders among them brought to Sri Lanka Christianity of the Nestorian sect. Persian traders who arrived in the island had settled down along the west coast around Mantai (present Mannar.) Some ...

Sudharman Siripala Sri Lanka is grappling with the increasing threat of climate change, which has led to unpredictable ...

In 2021, the Sri Lankan Army became the unlikely vanguard of a supposed green revolution, resulting in a radical redefinition of civil-military relations in farming regions.

Yet this crisis is about much more than tea: It has affected every sector of Sri Lanka’s agricultural economy, effectively paralyzing the smallholder farmers who produce much of Sri Lanka’s ...

Signs of growth are visible only in rubber and some export crops. Colombo (AsiaNews) – Sri Lanka's agricultural sector is going through a severe crisis, with a significant drop in the production ...

This sudden conscription of the military into agricultural service wasn’t born in a vacuum. Since defeating Tamil separatists in 2009, Sri Lanka’s military has methodically colonized civilian ...

COLOMBO, March 15 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lanka conducted its first-ever census of animals considered harmful to agriculture on Saturday, said an official. Farmers were instructed to count only peacocks ...

Mr. Jha met Lalkantha, Minister of Agriculture, Livestock, Land and Irrigation, in Colombo on Monday (February 24, 2025), the Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka said in a post on X. High ...