⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 will distribute 400,000 coconut saplings among 200,000 families to increase coconut production
⭕ 2 saplings will be given to each family for free to help them grow coconuts
⭕ A 250 million nut crop shortfall is expected in the first half of 2025 due to low coconut production
⭕ The Sri Lanka Coconut Research Institute forecasts a harvest of 1,407 million nuts in the first half of 2025
⭕ By 2023,...
• Minister of Justice Harshana Nanayakkara announced plans to swiftly pass a bill prohibiting corporal punishment of children.
• The bill aims to protect children's rights and promote a safer environment for them to grow and develop.
• Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa emphasized the importance of incorporating children's and women's rights into the country's fundamental rights chapter.
• Minister Nanayakkara...
⭕ The Sri Lanka's government plans to convert Mattala Mahinda Rajapaksa International Airport 🇱🇰 into an aircraft maintenance hub
⭕ Minister of Ports, Shipping, and Aviation Bimal Rathnayake announced this plan in Parliament to make the airport a profitable venture
⭕ The airport was constructed at a cost of Rs. 36.5 billion and has incurred a total loss of Rs. 38.5 billion over the past five years
⭕ The...
⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 will reduce its military size, with the Army decreasing to 100,000 personnel by 2030
⭕ The Navy will be reduced to 40,000 personnel and the Air Force to 18,000, as part of a broader effort to modernize Sri Lanka’s 🇱🇰 defence forces
⭕ President Anura Kumara Dissanayake stated that the military will become more technically advanced despite the reduction in size
⭕ The current military equipment...
⭕ The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the development of 24 oil tanks at the Trincomalee upper tank farm Sri Lanka 🇱🇰
⭕ The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will oversee the three-year project to complete the development of these oil tanks
⭕ The project includes conducting a feasibility study and carrying out necessary work, with approvals from relevant parties already...
⭕ CEB has issued verbal instructions to small-scale ground-mounted power producers to drop production, affecting plants over 10 MW in capacity.
⭕ No provision in power purchase agreements for such curtailment, says Grid Connected Solar Power Association President Sameera Ganegoda
⭕ Public Utilities Commission of Sri...
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📅 1982: 4.44 tons/ha (66 bushels/acre) 📅 2023: 4.22 tons/ha (62.75 bushels/acre)
💡 in last 40+ years, Yield haven't changed.
Meanwhile:
• 🇦🇺 Australia: 10.0 tons/ha
• 🇪🇬 Egypt: 9.0 tons/ha
• 🇺🇸 USA: 8.0 tons/ha
• 🇨🇳 China: 7.15 tons/ha S
Sri Lanka has a dedicated Rice Research and Development Institute (RRDI). Wondering, What has it achieved in 40+ years? 🤔
#SriLanka #Rice (1 ton/hectare = 14.87...
⭕ Nadu Paddy: Rs. 120/kg
⭕ Samba Paddy: Rs. 125/kg
⭕ Keeri Samba: Rs. 132/kg
⭕ Paddy → Rice Price Equation** Retail rice price = **2x paddy price**.
When this paddy becomes rice & hits the market, expect retail rice prices to be ~Rs. 250/kg.
#SriLanka 🇱🇰 #Paddy #RicePrices
⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 has welcomed over 200,000 tourists during the first 26 days of this year, surpassing the total arrivals recorded in January last year.
⭕ The country has seen 212,838 tourist arrivals until January 26, 2025, with India 🇮🇳 and Russia 🇷🇺 remaining in the top two spots of the global tourist arrivals.
⭕ The highest number of tourist arrivals was recorded during the second week of January,...
⭕ Sri Lanka 🇱🇰 private credit expanded by 789.6 billion rupees in 2024, compared to a 47.7 billion rupee contraction in 2023.
⭕ Out of the 789 billion rupees of annual private credit, 583 billion rupees came in the last five months of the year.
⭕ In December, private credit was 193 billion rupees, up from 71 billion rupees in October and 19 billion rupees in November.
⭕ The cost of an investment in Sri Lanka...
