Some countries, including Australia and the US, are continuing to maintain a travel advice on Sri Lanka with visitors being told to exercise caution. The US travel advisory issued last October maintains that visitors must exercise increased caution in Sri Lanka due to fuel and medicine shortages, civil unrest, and terrorism. “Protests over the economic […]

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In a bid to address the foreign exchange crisis in Sri Lanka and ensure a steady supply of fuel, the Ministry of Power and Energy has taken decisive action. Accordingly, an agreement was signed on Thursday (08) at the Presidential Secretariat, between the Government of Sri Lanka and RM Parks Inc., a prominent international company […]

ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ අඛණ්ඩ ඉන්ධන සැපයුමක් සහතික කරමින්ඛනිජ තෙල් නිෂ්පාදන ආනයනය, ගබඩා කිරීම, බෙදා හැරීම සහ විකිණීම සඳහා ශ්රී ලංකා රජය සහ ආර්.එම්. පාර්ක්ස් සමාගම(RM Parks Inc)අතර දිගුකාලීන ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන්The post ශ්රී ලංකාව තුළ අඛණ්ඩ ඉන්ධන සැපයුමක් සහතික කිරීමට නව ගිවිසුමකට අත්සන් තැබේ appeared first on ITN News.

An agreement has been signed between the Government of Sri Lanka and RM Parks Inc., in collaboration with Shell Plc for a long-term contract for the importation, storage, distribution, and sale of petroleum products in Sri Lanka.

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has revealed that less than half of the fuel stations operated by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) have maintained the minimum required stocks on all products last week.

By Chani Imbulgoda “We suffer today, because leaders in the past have failed to govern this country properly”. Oh, the predecessor has not done things well, they all have let the place go haywire”. Familiar excuses… When one takes over the leadership be it the country, be it an organisation, or be it a new […]

Tuesday 6th June, 2023 Most people are labouring under the misconception that every prospect pleases in this country and only politicians are vile. Hence the unprecedented rise of anti-politics during the past several years and the demand that all 225 MPs go home. It is popularly thought that all we need to do is to […]

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has assured that sufficient fuel stocks will be available in all filling stations across the island by Sunday (04 June).

The Fuel Station Owners Association has raised concerns of a recent racket involving persons using the QR codes of others to pump petrol.

By Rathindra Kuruwita Indian and Chinese companies will dominate the lubricant and bunkering markets soon, convenor of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) trade union wing, Samagi Joint Trade Union Alliance, Ananda Palitha, said yesterday. “Sinopec will take over the Southern markets, while Lanka IOC will take over the Northern markets,” he said. Palitha said these […]

Saturday 3rd June, 2023 Long lines of vehicles were seen near filling stations yesterday as well, and it may be a couple of days before the situation is brought under control. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has threatened tough action against the fuel stations that did not maintain adequate stocks due to speculation […]

Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has issued a clarification on the recent queues seen at filling stations, assuring that both the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) and the Ceylon Petroleum Storage Terminals Ltd (CPSTL) have been instructed to continue fuel deliveries over the weekend.

David Pieris Motor Company (Private) Limited, the first company to introduce a motorcycle produced with locally manufactured components under the Standard Operating Procedure for Automobile Manufacturing/ Assembling Industry and Automobile Component Manufacturing Industry in Sri Lanka announced by the Ministry of Industries, launched its second bike, Bajaj Discover 125, yesterday at the DPMC Head ...

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka decided to reduce the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank by 250 basis points to 13.00 per cent and 14.00 per cent, respectively, CBSL said in a statement on Thursday. The decision was taken at […]

Friday 2nd June, 2023 Long lines of vehicles suddenly appeared near filling stations yesterday, evoking dreadful memories of a dark era and causing public panic. Pumps had run dry at most fuel depots, and people had to wait for hours to obtain petrol and diesel. Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera hurriedly issued a […]

President of the Lanka Private Bus Owners Association (LPBOA) Gemunu Wijeratne says that they expect to revise the bus fares during the review of bus fares in the month of July.