This is the first-ever Pride celebration in the hill country town of Hatton in Nuwara Eliya, where queer people from ...

In case of illness or injury, many tea pickers in Sri Lanka cannot rely on help from their employer.

Sri Lanka's tea estate workers seek ‘basic rights’ as citizens The 1.5 million-strong Malaiyaha community is landless, overworked and underpaid, say activists Members of Sri Lanka's Malaiyaha ...

Table 01 shows the poverty situation in Sri Lanka according to the different sectors based on the 2019 survey. The data indicate that 33.8% of individuals in the estate sector live below the ...

Residents in a tea estate village in Sri Lanka. ... In some cases, poverty on the estates means children are left with no other choice but to seek work instead of attending school.

The recently opened Pekoe Trail, which runs for more than 300km through tea plantations, villages and forests, tells the story of Sri Lanka's complex and chequered tea history.

“Nearly 75 % of Sri Lanka’s tea production comes from small estate holders, the majority of who are Sinhalese. This is because of the land given to them by the government.

Slim pickings for tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka election As Sri Lanka goes to the polls, workers picking tea – the backbone of the economy – have heard all the promises before. In May, the ...

Sri Lanka's tea industry grapples with a steep wage hike, but some estate owners embrace new approaches to balance worker welfare and productivity in a bid to save the sector.

Sri Lanka (which was known earlier as Ceylon) ranks third behind China and Kenya as the largest tea exporters in the world. "Tea brings revenue and fame for Sri Lanka, but the authorities have ...

According to official statistics, the real wages of private sector employees, including estate workers who are among the lowest daily wage earners in Sri Lanka, had declined to 82 points by mid-2023.

Housed in an old tea estate storage building in central Sri Lanka, Thalawakale, Krithi’s preschool, Predo had undergone a complete overhaul, transforming the space into a safe and well-equipped area ...