Leaves from the lush green tea estates covering the hills of central Sri Lanka end up in cups across ... Meezan Mohideen heads a large estate and factory in Ancoombra. "Without the fuel, we ...

With the recent wage hike given to plantation sector workers, Sri Lanka’s once lucrative tea industry is facing a threat of collapse ... adopt a cost –centred approach with respect to each estate, and ...

“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. Why can’t they ...