The scarcity has forced Sri Lankans to pay more than double the regular price to purchase salt, with a 1kg packet going for between £1.1 and £1.25. The salt shortage is the latest crisis to hit ...

Lanka Salt Hambantota has an annual production capacity of 135,000–140,000 metric tons of salt. Alongside Hambantota Maha Lewaya, the Koholankala and Palatupana salterns have also been established.

He said Sri Lanka did not relax the import ban on salt after an initial shipment due to request from the industry. “We first imported about 12,500 tonnes of salt,” Mr Samarasinghe said on Monday.

Sri Lanka’s 23 million people require about 180,000 metric tonnes of salt annually. A stock of 3,050 metric tonnes of salt bought from India is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday ...

A country surrounded by the ocean has run out of salt, forcing people to pay more than double the price to purchase the kitchen staple. Sri Lanka, an island nation surrounded by the Indian Ocean ...

A country surrounded by the ocean has run out of salt, forcing people to pay more than double the price to purchase the kitchen staple. Sri Lanka, an island nation surrounded by the Indian Ocean, is ...

Sri Lanka’s 23 million people require about 180,000 metric tonnes of salt annually. A stock of 3,050 metric tonnes of salt bought from India is scheduled to arrive in Sri Lanka on Wednesday ...