Tea exports dip YoY in August Source:Dailynews Tea exports for the month of August 2022 totalled 23.01 M/Kgs, showing a decrease of 2.47 M/Kgs vis-à-vis 25.48 M/Kgs of August 2021. All categories have shown a negative variance compared to August 2021 according to Forbes & Walker Tea Brokers. January-August 2022 cumulative exports totalled 171.06 M/Kgs, showing a decrease of 16.51 M/Kgs (8.80%) vis-à-vis 187.57 M/Kgs of January-August 2021. All categories have witnessed a decline in comparison with the corresponding period of 2021. ...

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TRIBUTE TO MY LONG STANDING FRIEND & COLLEAGUE PETER MOHAN RANIL MENDIS (PMR) Source : linkedin.com Mohan and I have been very good friends from as far back as January 1951. Just two Weeks previously, he surprised me with a sudden very short visit – in hindsight I believe to say ‘final farewell’. He had not been too well for sometime and had been under medication, but always pleasantly working with confidence. Our friendship started at Prince of Wales College, Moratuwa in 1951, and went on at S. Thomas College, Mount Lavinia, and later in Professional Accountancy. He started his career at Hulugalle & Wikramanayake & Co., Chartered Accountants. It is here that he met his lifelong partner Oranea, also a Chartered Accountant. Mohan went on to Forbes & Walker and when he passed away, just before his 75th Birthday on 3rd September 2022, he was an active Director Marketing & ...

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