In the short-term, 70,000 metric tonnes of Nadu rice will be imported before mid-next month. The Paddy Marketing Board has not stocked enough paddy during the previous government’s tenure, despite ...

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Friday 15th November, 2024 The much-awaited parliamentary election came to pass yesterday, and its outcome was not known at the time of going to press. Unofficial reports were coming in from some ...

Wednesday 13th November, 2024 Prices of all varieties of rice are soaring and the large-scale millers are laughing all the way to the bank. Successive governments have vowed to tame the Millers’ Mafia ...

Despite Dudley Sirisena’s claims of a Nadu rice shortage due to excessive Keeri Samba cultivation, former Agriculture Director K.B. Herath refuted this, noting that only about 50 hectares were ...

Red raw rice sells for between Rs 205 and Rs 212 per kilo, while white raw rice is between Rs 208 and Rs 215, the report noted. Keeri samba price ranges from Rs.118 to Rs 132 per kilo in the main ...