Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka plunges into 10-hour daily power cut as fuel crisis worsens

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government on Wednesday, March 29, 2022, imposed a nationwide 10-hour daily power cut due to shortage of hydro-electricity triggered by non-availability of fuel. “There is a shortage of 750 megawatt due to non availability of fuel to generate thermal power,” the chair of the Public Utilities Commission Janaka Ratnayaka said. Energy minister Gamini Lokuge said the government will make an urgent purchase of 6,000 metric tonnes of diesel from LIOC, the Lanka subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation. India recently announced to extend a USD 1 billion line of credit to Sri Lanka as part of its financial assistance to the country to deal with the economic crisis following a previous USD 500 billion line of credit in February to help it purchase petroleum products.

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Sri Lanka Returns to Uninterrupted Power Supply After a Year; at Higher Cost
1 year, 10 months ago

Sri Lanka Returns to Uninterrupted Power Supply After a Year; at Higher Cost

News 18  

After a year of load-shedding, Sri Lankans will get continuous power from Thursday, albeit with a hike in tariff in line with the conditions set by the IMF. President Ranil Wickremesinghe has directed officials to ensure an uninterrupted power supply to customers after the tariff revision is implemented, a statement from the President’s Media Division said. The state power entity …

Sri Lanka government slashes petrol prices by LKR40; no change in diesel price
2 years, 2 months ago

Sri Lanka government slashes petrol prices by LKR40; no change in diesel price

The Hindu  

The Sri Lankan government on Saturday slashed the price of petrol by Sri Lankan rupees 40 per litre, making diesel more expensive than petrol for the first time in the country. The retail price of petrol has been reduced from LKR 450 per litre to LKR 410 per litre while the cost of diesel continued to remain the same at …

‘How can we cope?’ ask Sri Lankans as gov’t limits fuel imports
2 years, 4 months ago

‘How can we cope?’ ask Sri Lankans as gov’t limits fuel imports

Al Jazeera  

People in crisis-hit island nation raise serious concerns over the government’s move to restrict imports for another 12 months. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Mothers, taxi drivers, health workers and many other Sri Lankans are raising serious concerns over the government’s announcement that fuel imports will be restricted for another 12 months. “So I bought one litre for 3,000 rupees today …

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months
2 years, 4 months ago

Sri Lanka to restrict fuel imports for next 12 months

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka will restrict fuel imports for the next 12 months because of a severe shortage of foreign exchange, its energy minister said on July 25, as the island nation's new government seeks to find a way out of a crippling economic crisis. "Due to Forex issues, Fuel imports has to be restricted in the next 12 months," Sri Lanka's …

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades
2 years, 5 months ago

Timeline: Sri Lanka’s worst economic, political crisis in decades

Al Jazeera  

Island nation mired in a deep crisis as its president flees country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and the country’s president has flown out of the country, days after a huge crowd of protesters stormed his residence. April 3: Cabinet resigns Almost all of …

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka grinds to a halt
2 years, 5 months ago

With no fuel and no cash, Sri Lanka grinds to a halt

Al Jazeera  

Less than a day’s worth of fuel remains, says the energy minister, as the cash-strapped nation extends school closures. Sri Lanka has less than a day’s worth of fuel left, the energy minister says, with public transport grinding to a halt as the country’s economic crisis deepens. Power and energy minister Kanchana Wijesekera on Sunday said petrol reserves were about …

Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Govt declares week-long holiday for schools from tomorrow
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka fuel crisis: Govt declares week-long holiday for schools from tomorrow

India TV News  

Highlights Schools will remain shut for a week as the country faces a severe fuel crisis People were asked to work from home while several teachers were requested to teach online Since the fuel crisis many people opted to use bicycles as mode of transportation Sri Lankan schools will remain shut for a week as the country faces a severe …

As Sri Lanka descends into an economic and humanitarian crisis, the people paying the price vow those responsible won't 'get away easily'
2 years, 5 months ago

As Sri Lanka descends into an economic and humanitarian crisis, the people paying the price vow those responsible won't 'get away easily'

ABC  

Chamila Nilanthi is tired of all the waiting. Key points: Sri Lanka is descending into a complete economic breakdown, the likes of which are rarely seen in middle-income economies Economists say the problems are akin to the collapse that currently plagues Venezuela, and the troubles that swept Indonesia in the 1990s However, all these theories and explanations are of little …

Sri Lanka under virtual lockdown as fuel restricted for pvt cars
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka under virtual lockdown as fuel restricted for pvt cars

Al Jazeera  

Gov’t decided on Monday to limit distribution of fuel to essential services until July 10 and told residents to stay home. Sri Lanka abruptly restricted fuel supplies and told residents to stay home, raising the risk of more unrest as the government struggles to provide essential goods due to a crippling sovereign debt crisis that has rocked the country for …

Sri Lanka to operate only essential services till July 10 amidst acute fuel shortage
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka to operate only essential services till July 10 amidst acute fuel shortage

India Today  

The Sri Lankan government on Monday announced that only essential services will operate from midnight till July 10 and all other operations will be temporarily suspended as the crisis-hit nation faces acute fuel shortages. Sri Lanka's Cabinet of Ministers decided that only essential services will operate from Monday midnight to July 10. Only essential services will be allowed to function …

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, suspends sales for two weeks
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, suspends sales for two weeks

The Hindu  

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka suspended nationwide fuel sales, except for essential services, for nearly a fortnight as the island faces a rapidly worsening economic crisis. Colombo turns to India Sri Lanka’s High Commissioner to India, Milinda Moragoda on Monday met Union Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri in New Delhi to discuss the possibility of “securing petrol and …

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, only essential services to operate from midnight till July 10
2 years, 5 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of fuel, only essential services to operate from midnight till July 10

India TV News  

Highlights Sri Lankan government announced only essential services will operate from midnight till July 10 Other operations will be temporarily suspended, crisis-hit nation's govt said, amid economic crisis Prime Minister Wickremesinghe said India would not be able to keep Sri Lanka afloat for too long Sri lanka economic crisis: The Sri Lankan government announced on Monday that only essential services …

Sri Lanka parliament shuts early after petrol runs out
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka parliament shuts early after petrol runs out

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s parliament has cancelled its remaining sittings for the week to save fuel, officials said on Thursday, with a disastrous economic crisis rapidly depleting the island nation’s already scarce petrol supplies. Parliamentary officials said lawmakers decided not to hold sessions on Thursday and Friday to avoid unnecessary petrol use, days after authorities closed schools and some state offices for …

Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions curbed as fuel crisis bites
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions curbed as fuel crisis bites

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka’s Parliament sessions will be restricted to two days this week instead of four days amid the current fuel supply crisis in the country, the leader of the House Dinesh Gunawardena said on Tuesday. When Parliament met this morning, the main Opposition Samagi Jana Balawegaya party and the Marxist National People’s Power party said they were boycotting the sessions …

Sri Lanka's fuel crisis touches new heights: Govt to shut offices, schools from next week
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka's fuel crisis touches new heights: Govt to shut offices, schools from next week

India TV News  

The fuel crisis in Sri Lanka hit a new high, with the country's government announcing a shut-down of public sector offices from next week, beginning Monday. The country has been facing several power cuts, and the government has now asked teachers in all government and government approved private schools in the Colombo city limits to conduct online classes from next …

Sri Lanka schools, govt. offices to shut as transport grinds to halt
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka schools, govt. offices to shut as transport grinds to halt

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday announced a two-week shutdown of government offices and schools, as public transport ground almost entirely to a halt due to a lack of dollars to pay for imported fuel. Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence in 1948, and has been unable to finance the import of necessities such as food, …

Sri Lanka tells civil servants work from home amid fuel shortage
2 years, 6 months ago

Sri Lanka tells civil servants work from home amid fuel shortage

Al Jazeera  

Sri Lanka’s government orders public sector employees to work from home for two weeks as it grapples with worst economic crisis in decades. Sri Lanka’s government has ordered public sector employees to work from home for two weeks due to severe fuel shortages as the island nation grapples with its worst financial turmoil in seven decades. “Taking into consideration the …

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows gov’t workers 4-day week to grow food
2 years, 6 months ago

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka allows gov’t workers 4-day week to grow food

Al Jazeera  

The island nation asks public sector employees to take off on Fridays to grow crops in their back yards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage. Sri Lanka has approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to grow food in their back yards in a bid to forestall a looming food shortage as the government struggles …

Electricity cuts hit Sri Lanka as key union goes on strike
2 years, 6 months ago

Electricity cuts hit Sri Lanka as key union goes on strike

Al Jazeera  

About 900 of approximately 1,100 engineers of the state-run Ceylon Electricity Board are on strike, stalling operations. Swaths of Sri Lanka have been hit by electricity cuts after a power sector union went on strike in protest against new government regulations, compounding hardships as the country tackles its worst economic crisis in decades. About 900 out of approximately 1,100 engineers …

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices; petrol at all-time high of Rs. 420, diesel Rs. 400 per litre
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices; petrol at all-time high of Rs. 420, diesel Rs. 400 per litre

The Hindu  

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on May 24 raised the petrol price by 24.3% and diesel by 38.4%, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country’s worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves. With the second fuel price hike since April 19, now the most-used Octane 92 petrol would cost 420 Sri Lankan rupees and diesel 400 …

Sri Lanka's fuel prices break records: Officials push for work from home as petrol reaches Rs 420 and diesel at Rs 400
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka's fuel prices break records: Officials push for work from home as petrol reaches Rs 420 and diesel at Rs 400

Firstpost  

The hike in prices come as the public continues to suffer in long queues at fuel stations hit by shortages Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country’s worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves. …

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices; petrol at all-time high of Rs 420, diesel Rs 400 per litre
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka hikes fuel prices; petrol at all-time high of Rs 420, diesel Rs 400 per litre

India TV News  

Highlights Crisis-hit Sri Lanka raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent. Crisis-hit Sri Lanka on Tuesday raised the petrol price by 24.3 per cent and diesel by 38.4 per cent, a record hike in fuel prices amidst the country’s worst economic crisis due to the shortage of foreign exchange reserves. With the second …

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work amid fuel shortage

The Hindu  

Sri Lankan authorities on Friday closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is expected to last days amid the nation's worst economic crisis in decades. The Public Administration Ministry asked the public officials — except for those who maintain essential services — not to …

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work as it battles acute fuel shortage
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka closes schools, limits work as it battles acute fuel shortage

Firstpost  

State- and government-approved private schools closed Friday amid the worsening fuel shortage, with thousands of people waiting in queues at fuel stations across the country for days at a time Colombo, Sri Lanka: Sri Lankan authorities closed schools and asked public officials not to come to work in a desperate move to prepare for an acute fuel shortage that is …

Sri Lanka minister asks people not to queue for fuel for two days
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka minister asks people not to queue for fuel for two days

Al Jazeera  

Island’s power and energy minister ‘respectfully’ advises against forming queues, saying there are no sufficient petrol stocks. For Sri Lankans like Jiffry, waiting in queues for essential items has become the new normal amid the worst economic crisis in the island nation since its independence from British rule in 1948. S Yoga Lechchami, a 30-year-old mother of two from Mirihana, …

Sri Lanka crisis: Cash-strapped country out of petrol, says PM Ranil Wickremesinghe
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Cash-strapped country out of petrol, says PM Ranil Wickremesinghe

Firstpost  

Wickremesinghe said the government had also run out of cash to pay the 1.4 million civil servants their salaries in May, and he will turn to money printing as a last resort Colombo: Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has run out of petrol and is unable to find dollars to finance essential imports, the new prime minister said Monday in an address …

Sri Lanka: People running out of food, fuel and medicine
2 years, 7 months ago

Sri Lanka: People running out of food, fuel and medicine

The Hindu  

"I have a 10-month-old baby. I couldn't even buy medicines for her when she was sick last week," said Gunarathna Vaani, who resides in the suburbs of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. A dire economic crisis Many of Sri Lanka's 22 million people are facing acute shortages of food, fuel and medicine as the island nation finds itself battling one of …

How a powerful dynasty bankrupted Sri Lanka in 30 months
2 years, 7 months ago

How a powerful dynasty bankrupted Sri Lanka in 30 months

Al Jazeera  

Ahead of the November 2019 election, Sri Lankan presidential challenger Gotabaya Rajapaksa proposed sweeping tax cuts so reckless the incumbent government thought it must be a campaign gimmick. “The Rajapaksas are withdrawing, but that doesn’t mean they’re going to surrender,” said Jehan Perera, a newspaper columnist and the executive director of the National Peace Council of Sri Lanka, an independent …

Severe power cuts hover over Sri Lanka amid lack of sufficient fuel, water
2 years, 8 months ago

Severe power cuts hover over Sri Lanka amid lack of sufficient fuel, water

India TV News  

Highlights There will be a 4 hour and 30-minute power cut for three days in Sri Lanka The power cuts will be imposed in 20 zones from 'A' to 'W' between 8.30 am and 6.00 pm Meanwhile, anti-government protests continue to take place in the island nation The Ceylon Electricity Board, the largest electricity company in Sri Lanka, on Sunday …

Sri Lankan town under curfew day after protester killed: Report
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lankan town under curfew day after protester killed: Report

Al Jazeera  

Government promises to investigate allegations that police used excessive force to disperse protesters. The government on Wednesday promised investigations into allegations that police used excessive force to disperse people protesting across the island against high fuel prices and demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over the worsening economic crisis. “I have every confidence that a strict, impartial investigation will be carried …

Burning tyres, blocked roads as Sri Lanka protests fuel shortage, price hikes
2 years, 8 months ago

Burning tyres, blocked roads as Sri Lanka protests fuel shortage, price hikes

Hindustan Times  

A shortage of fuel in crisis-hit Sri Lanka ignited massive protests across the country Tuesday as tens of thousands of angry motorists burned tyres and blocked a major road leading into capital Colombo, news agency AFP reported citing police and local officials. Sri Lanka fuel protests Protests have engulfed the island nation over the past weeks after the government ran …

Sri Lanka Crisis: Stock Exchange Shut, Power Cuts Resume as Crisis Deepens; 5 Points
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Crisis: Stock Exchange Shut, Power Cuts Resume as Crisis Deepens; 5 Points

News 18  

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: The economic crisis in Sri Lanka is deepening day by day, with the country running out of essentials including food, medicines and fuel, and millions of people suffering due to it. In a recent development, Sri Lanka‘s securities commission has directed the Colombo Stock Exchange to pause operations for a week from April 18, to help …

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks India's help for cooking gas supply
2 years, 8 months ago

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka seeks India's help for cooking gas supply

Firstpost  

Meanwhile, the chair of the country’s state-run gas company Litro Gas resigned from his post alleging that a gas mafia was engaged in corruption amidst the country’s worst economic crisis Colombo: Sri Lanka has started a process to import cooking gas through a credit line arrangement with India, the chair of the country’s state-run gas company Litro Gas said on …

In Sri Lanka, an uneasy calm before the storm
2 years, 8 months ago

In Sri Lanka, an uneasy calm before the storm

The Hindu  

If the pandemic doesn’t get you, something else will. But just as the world was limping back to some semblance of normalcy, Sri Lanka’s self-made economic crisis, heightened by the pandemic, was starting to make world headlines. During my cab ride from the airport to my father’s place in central Colombo, we pass through pitiful scenes of people holding cans …

Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India\'s credit line exhausting fast
2 years, 8 months ago

Lankan fuel pumps may go dry by April end; India\'s credit line exhausting fast

Deccan Chronicle  

Colombo: Sri Lanka may run out of diesel by the end of this month with the USD 500 million line of credit extended by India for fuel purchase exhausting fast amidst the unprecedented shortage of foreign reserves. Meanwhile, the Sri Lanka Medical Association has warned President Rajapaksa about the shortage of even the most essential medicines in the island nation …

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Updates: Prez Appoints 3-member Fiscal Advisory Group; India Says 'We Stand Ready to Continue to Help'
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Updates: Prez Appoints 3-member Fiscal Advisory Group; India Says 'We Stand Ready to Continue to Help'

News 18  

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis Updates: As Sri Lanka facing a severe economic crisis that triggered a political upheaval, India on Thursday said it stands ready to continue assisting the island nation to recover from the difficulties in line with its ‘Neighbourhood First’ policy. Sri Lanka witnessed massive street protests in the last few days view of the economic crisis and …

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Street Lights Off, Forex Reserves Exhausted; What Led To Chaos?
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka Economic Crisis: Street Lights Off, Forex Reserves Exhausted; What Led To Chaos?

News 18  

The economic crisis in Sri Lanka is deepening and the government there is taking strict measures, including imposing emergency, to deal with the protests over the country’s worst financial woe in decades. Forex Reserves Sri Lanka’s foreign exchange reserves have depleted by 70 per cent to USD 2.3 billion as of February in the past two years, thus impacting the …

Police fire tear gas as Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew
2 years, 8 months ago

Police fire tear gas as Sri Lanka protesters defy curfew

Al Jazeera  

Protesters rally in Kandy and Colombo despite a curfew, demanding that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign as the economic crisis worsens. Colombo, Sri Lanka – Police in Sri Lanka have fired tear gas and water cannon to disperse student-led protests near the country’s second-biggest city, Kandy, amid growing calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s resignation over an economic crisis that has resulted …

India sends 40k MT diesel to Sri Lanka; rice supply soon
2 years, 8 months ago

India sends 40k MT diesel to Sri Lanka; rice supply soon

Hindustan Times  

A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, while traders have started loading 40,000 tonnes of rice for prompt shipment as the island national faces an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange, officials said. Power cuts lasting over 13 hours were imposed on Thursday, the longest cut …

40,000 MT Diesel from India Reaches Crisis-hit Lanka as it Struggles to Mitigate Power Outage
2 years, 8 months ago

40,000 MT Diesel from India Reaches Crisis-hit Lanka as it Struggles to Mitigate Power Outage

News 18  

A consignment of 40,000 metric tonnes of diesel from India reached Sri Lanka on Saturday, the fourth such assistance from New Delhi, to mitigate the spike in power cuts in the island nation, which is facing an unprecedented economic and energy crisis caused due to shortage of foreign exchange. Power cuts lasting over 13 hours were imposed on Thursday, the …

Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour curfew until 6 a.m. on April 4
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka imposes 36-hour curfew until 6 a.m. on April 4

The Hindu  

Sri Lanka has declared a weekend curfew, ahead of mass protests planned by citizens’ groups challenging the government over its “failed” response to a heightening economic crisis in the island nation. A proclamation from the President said the Emergency was in the interests of “public security, the protection of public order and the maintenance of supplies and services essential to …

No gas, no medicine, no food: Life in crisis-hit Sri Lanka | Exclusive
2 years, 8 months ago

No gas, no medicine, no food: Life in crisis-hit Sri Lanka | Exclusive

India Today  

As the economic crisis in Sri Lanka spirals out of control, 69-year-old Thomos from Colombo told India Today that petrol is unavailable, medicines are difficult to find and essential food items are being sold at extremely high prices in the country. ECONOMIC CRISIS IN SRI LANKA With huge debt obligations and dwindling foreign reserves, Sri Lanka has found itself unable …

Food shortage, 13-hour power cuts, and no paper: How Sri Lanka's economic crisis has worsened
2 years, 8 months ago

Food shortage, 13-hour power cuts, and no paper: How Sri Lanka's economic crisis has worsened

Firstpost  

The island nation is seeing severe shortages of essentials, sharp price rises and crippling power cuts in its most painful downturn since independence in 1948. On Thursday, it led to violent protests outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house, demanding his resignation Sri Lanka descended into violence and chaos on Thursday night when thousands of protesters gathered outside the home of President …

Sri Lanka economic crisis | 45 arrested; brief curfew imposed outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka economic crisis | 45 arrested; brief curfew imposed outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence

The Hindu  

At least 45 people were arrested and a curfew briefly imposed in most parts of Colombo city after hundreds of protesters gathered outside the residence of Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, demanding his resignation for failing to address the worst economic crisis in the island nation. On Thursday, protesters shouted slogans, directing their ire against what they perceive as the …

Sri Lanka economic crisis: Violent protest outside President's house, nation runs out of diesel | Top points
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka economic crisis: Violent protest outside President's house, nation runs out of diesel | Top points

India Today  

As Sri Lanka’s worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom, people in the country are staring at a very bleak future. Members of the Socialist Youth Union scuffle with police as they attempt to enter the Sri Lankan President's office in Colombo during a protest in March against the country's worst economic crisis. People clash with …

Sri Lanka crisis: Protest outside President's house turns violent; country runs out of diesel
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka crisis: Protest outside President's house turns violent; country runs out of diesel

India TV News  

Highlights Thousands protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa house in Colombo The crowd shouted, "Go home, Gota go home" The mob set fire to one of buses and turned back a fire truck that rushed to douse it Sri Lanka Latest News: Police fired tear gas and a water cannon at thousands of protesters outside the home of Sri Lanka's President …

Lanka IOC supplies 6,000 MT fuel to ease Sri Lanka’s power shortage
2 years, 8 months ago

Lanka IOC supplies 6,000 MT fuel to ease Sri Lanka’s power shortage

The Hindu  

Lanka IOC, the subsidiary of Indian Oil Corporation in Sri Lanka, will supply 6,000 MT of fuel to the island nation, to help ease its acute power shortage leading to upto 13-hour-long power cuts this week. Meanwhile, a fourth consignment of fuel from India is expected to reach the island nation by this weekend, as part of the continuing supply …

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights amid longest-ever blackout as economic crisis deepens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights amid longest-ever blackout as economic crisis deepens

India Today  

Sri Lanka is turning off its street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom to its main stock market, triggering a halt in trade as prices slid. READ | Evening blackouts, day-long queues: Anger mounts as Sri Lankan economic crisis deepens DRIVING THE DROP The …

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as economic crisis deepens
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka to turn off street lights as economic crisis deepens

Hindustan Times  

Sri Lanka is turning off its street lights to save electricity, a minister said on Thursday, as its worst economic crisis in decades brought more power cuts and gloom to its main stock market, triggering a halt in trade as prices slid. "We have already instructed officials to shut off street lights around the country to help conserve power," Power …

Sri Lanka runs out of diesel, faces longest-ever blackout
2 years, 8 months ago

Sri Lanka runs out of diesel, faces longest-ever blackout

The Hindu  

Diesel was no longer on sale across Sri Lanka on Thursday, crippling transport as the crisis-hit country’s 22 million people endured record-long power blackouts. “We are still using old stocks of diesel, but if we don’t get supplies by this evening, we will not be able to operate,” chairman of the private bus operators association Gemunu Wijeratne told AFP. The …

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