Fuel supply only for essential services till 10 July

The Cabinet of Ministers last night has decided to immediately supply fuel ‘only’ to essential services till 10 July. “The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) will only issue diesel and petrol for essential services including ports, airports, health, food distribution and agriculture,” Cabinet Co-Spokesman and Minister Bandula Gunawardena said yesterday. Accordingly, only essential services will be […]

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New circular for the state sector

A new circular has been issued to the state sector to call only a minimum number of staff required to conduct day to day operations at state institutions. Furthermore, the Government has urged the state sector to implement Work from Home measures to combat the fuel crisis.

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Special transport facilities for O/L exam candidates

Special transport facilities will be provided to candidates sitting for the GCE Ordinary Level examinations from Monday. This initiative has been taken on the request of Examinations Department. Both SLTB and Railway Department have decided to deploy more buses and trains to facilitate the students during the exam period. The authorities will be taking measures […]

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Sri Lanka to purchase Gas from Siam Gas Thailand

The Cabinet has granted approval for the purchase of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Siam Gas Company in Thailand. According LP Gas will be purchased from the Thai company for a period of 01-year. The Government further said that Siam Gas Company from Thailand will supply 70% of Sri Lanka’s LP gas requirement per year. […]

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Tea exporters concerned over the loss of market share

The Sri Lankan tea exporters are concerned over the loss of market share due to a number of internal and external issues such as low tea crop, fuel issues and sanctions. The regular power cuts and non- availability of sufficient quantities of fuel to operate generators have also hampered the day to day operation of […]

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Gold price up in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s gold price continues to rise and the price of 24-carrot gold was listed as Rs. 185,000. The price of 22-carrot gold coin has increased up to Rs. 185,000. It is reported that a shortage of gold stocks is the reason behind this price hike.

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