Rice is more than a food item for Sri Lankans; it is a kind of politico-cultural staple. Hence its ability to make or break governments. One of the key factors that led to the 1953 Hartal was a steep ...

The terms and conditions of the contracts for giving paddy to rice millers for custom milling have been allegedly violated in ...

A Member of Parliament (MP) has proposed that the government amend the Control of Paddy and Rice Act 1994 (Act 522) to allow ...

Sri Lanka's Paddy Marketing Board will buy rice from the farmer at fixed prices, Health and Media Minister Nalinda Jayatissa ...

The timely and usually well written middle page article in the Sunday Island of January 19 by Rajan Philips titled ” Paddy-Rice Data Gap: How much grown? How much sold?” caught my attention. The “rice ...

Kahan Singh Pannu, a retired IAS officer from Punjab, has developed an innovative technique called Seeding of Rice on Beds ...

The Anti-Corruption Bureau has registered a case against the owner of a rice mill in Naraingarh for alleged misappropriation ...

Agriculture Lands Livestock and Irrigation Minister K. D. Lalkantha yesterday said the Government, through the Paddy Marketing Board (PMB), will pay farmers for paddy.Speaking at a press conference ...

Farmers protest in Kerala demanding action against rising salinity levels threatening paddy cultivation in Alappuzha district ...

The government is expected to announce an increase in the paddy purchase floor price next week, along with additional ...

I’ve seen how alcohol destroys families, so I knew I couldn’t put my sons through the same ordeal ...