There are signs that rice prices may drop as the Maha season paddy harvest begins. Farmers in the Gampaha area have been seen ...

It is a double whammy for the JVP; both rice consumers and paddy farmers are demanding that their competing interests be addressed. Rice growers are threatening to march on Colombo and stage what they ...

It’s 6.30 on a Saturday evening when the doorbell rings. There, on the step outside our home in County Down, I’m confronted with my wife’s colleague, a man and a woman I’ve never met and swaying ...

Cartoons are blaring from the living room ... Heavy drinking didn’t feel like an issue in the early days of our relationship, says Paddy I’d seen – all around me really – how alcohol ...

During a field visit to Dinajpur region, it was found that coarse paddy rice, which is milled to produce coarse rice, became dearer in Dinajpur immediately after the peak Aman harvesting season. On ...

The timely and usually well written middle page article in the Sunday Island of January 19 by Rajan Philips titled ” Paddy-Rice Data Gap: How much grown? How much sold?” caught my attention. The “rice ...

Former Agriculture Minister Mahinda Amaraweera told media that paddy production in 2024 was 4.5 million metric tonnes which could yield about 3 million metric tonnes of rice. File photo The claims ...

According to him “the company’s ACI has succeeded in reducing the prices of soyabeans that was sold N980 per kilogram in November and December to N970 per kilogram; while rice paddy that was ...

Departing Coronation Street star Paddy Bever has shared a behind the scenes look at filming scenes for Lauren Bolton’s (Cait Fitton) trial – and it may well have confirmed how the popular ...

General Montgomery believed Paddy Mayne (Jack O'Connell) to be a key driving force behind the SAS, and in reality, he pushed for Paddy to be recognised for his bravery and dedication. Montgomery ...