BusinessIn today's News Hockey: Malays Masters host Aussie veterans CosmosSri Lanka is calling international bids to import 200,000 metric tonnes of rice after local production was adversely affected this year by the twin effects of floods and drought. “Under the directions of the government’s Cost of Living Committee (CoLC) we announced on October 13 that we will import 500,000 mt rice. The 500,000 mt was mostly on government to government rice procurement basis. This means that any qualifying foreign government or even a foreign private sector supplier is able to bid for the latest rice tranche-which is 200,000 mt. The breakdown of the 200,000 mt is: 90,000 mt of parboiled Nadu rice, 60,000 mt of parboiled Samba and 50,000 mt of white raw rice.

Source: Sunday Times October 23, 2017 08:48 UTC