COLOMBO -- Sri Lanka, a British colony between 1802 and 1948, was called Ceylon until 1972 when the country became a republic. Despite the name change, its hallmark produce -- tea -- has survived and ...

COLOMBO, May 27 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's tea producers on Monday condemned a government order to increase wages by 70%, saying it would make their tea globally uncompetitive and reduce dollar earnings ...

Auction offerings this week declined at the Colombo tea auction and totalled 5.2 million kg, Forbes and Walker tea brokers stated in their weekly market report. The concerning factor it was noted ...

Iran has agreed to accept Ceylon tea in exchange for some $251 million in oil debt from the South Asian island nation of Sri Lanka, Iranian media report. Alireza Peyman-Pak, the head of Iran's Trade ...