In case of illness or injury, many tea pickers in Sri Lanka cannot rely on help from their employer.

Muthuthewarkittan Manohari, a tea plantation worker, gets ready to go to work in a tea factory in Spring Valley Estate in Badulla, Sri Lanka, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Credit: AP/Eranga Jayawardena ...

The world recently celebrated International Tea Day on 21 May 2025 under the theme “Bringing people together over a cup of ...

People carry bags of freshly plucked tea leaves at a plantation in Bogawantalawa, Sri Lanka, on May 20, 2025. Sri Lanka earned 1.43 billion U.S. dollars from tea exports in 2024, with an increase ...

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka's next ... elderly mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday's presidential ...

SPRING VALLEY, Sri Lanka (AP) — Whoever Sri Lanka’s next ... mother with whom she lives in a dilapidated room in a tea plantation. Both leading candidates in Saturday’s presidential election ...