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Video: Fuel crisis: Woman faints while standing in queue to purchase fuel
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Investor concerns over economic recovery still remains
- Sri Lanka shares fall on profit taking (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs81bn in Treasuries, yields steady (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka sells Rs127bn in bonds, 2032 on tap at 30.09-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka stocks gain on financials; Sampath Bank leads (Category: Breaking News)
Three shipments have arrived already. A diesel cargo on May 15 and May 21st reached Colombo.
- ICC T20 World Cup 2014 | Earning the right to roar (Category: Sports)
- LIVE – Sri Lanka vs Japan | Match 4 – ACC Men’s U19 Asia Cup 2023 (Category: Sports)
- Occupy Columbia Live Stream from the State Hosue (Category: USA, South Carolina)
Cabraal kept the exchange rate artificially steady while spending reserves for foreign debt repayment.
- Govt. may stop supplying dollars (Category: Breaking News)
- SL’s defence cost only US 5.5bln dollars (Category: Breaking News)
- Cost of Sri Lanka's war a vital investment, Governor of Central Bank says (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lankas international sovereign bond oversubscribed CB govenor (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lanka, going through a crippling forex crisis, was facing severe fuel shortages over the weekend.
- Baby in hospital with meningococcal (Category: South Australia)
- Hospital baby death under investigation (Category: South Australia)
- Infant in critical condition after accident (Category: Western Australia)
- Baby boy among seven new Covid victims in Sri Lanka (Category: Breaking News)
Forex shortage disrupt energy supplies to industries
- Sri Lanka exports up 10-pct up to August 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports rise 20-pct in June 2022 amid forex shortages (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports up 9-pct in May 2022, US up 25-pct, India 49-pct (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka exports grows 11-pct up to September 2022 (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera says that Octane 95 Petrol will be released to the fuel station island-wide from today (23).
In a tweet posted Monday morning, Wijesekara asked the public to report such vendors.
[…]The post Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Steve Hanke’s Crusade For Currency Boards appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: Has The Monetary Board Failed The Nation? (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Boards: Why Did Ceylon Give Up The Currency Board, While Singapore D... (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: The Performance Of Ceylon’s Currency Board (Category: Breaking News)
- A Child’s Guide To Currency Board Systems: How Colonial Ceylon Did It? (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post War On China? – II: US Military-Industrial Complex & The War Without End appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- War On China? – IV: Rules-Based International Order: Normalising Global State Terrorism (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – V: A “Carnival” Of Quads (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – III: Pivot To East (Category: Breaking News)
- War On China? – VI: India & The US: Forward Policy & The Brzezinskian Project (Category: Breaking News)
Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera today requested the general public to refrain from purchasing petroleum products from any third parties.
The public have been urged not to purchase fuel from 3rd parties. Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera tweeted saying investigations have revealed that some individuals are engaged in collecting fuel, mixing petroleum products with other liquids and selling them at higher rates. “Urge
- Token system to obtain fuel from tomorrow (Category: Breaking News)
- USD 34 million paid for heavy furnace oil (Category: Breaking News)
- Only limited amount of petrol available till 23rd June (Category: Breaking News)
- Minister says have petrol but diesel prioritised for electricity (Category: Breaking News)
Video: Queues for fuel and gas continue; Subject Minister urges NOT to purchase fuel from third ...
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
By Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana The Asia-Pacific region is at a crossroads today – to further breakdown or breakthrough to a greener, better, safer future. Since the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) was established in 1947, the region has made extraordinary progress, emerging as a pacesetter of global economic growth that has […]
- Persons with disabilities integral players in determining innovative solutions to fully inclusiv... (Category: Breaking News)
- The right policies can protect the workers of Asia and the Pacific (Category: Breaking News)
- EGUARDIAN and UiPath: Giving customers a competitive edge through world-class enterprise automat... (Category: Breaking News)
- Foreign Minister Peiris to visit Singapore for bilateral talks (Category: Breaking News)
The Ceylon Petroleum Private Tanker Owners Association has written a letter to the Inspector Geenral of Police (IGP) requesting for proper security for fuel tankers due to the unrest in the country.
Video: Fuel shortage sparks protests, supply still on the rocks
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Video: Fuel station owner’s residence set on fire (English)
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Video: Sri Lanka expecting more fuel shipments in coming days (English)
- Video: Cabraal-missile is stronger than Indian Agni-V missile (Category: Video)
- Video: Dambulla Mosque controversy could have been solved peacefully (Category: Video)
- Video: Sajith issuing misleading statements - Tissa (Category: Video)
- Video: No need for permission - Sajith (Category: Video)
Ratnayake also urged citizens to keep the upcoming GCE Ordinary Level examinations in mind when conducting protests.
- No scheduled power cuts this weekend - PUCSL (Category: Breaking News)
- Power cuts during today as well (Category: Breaking News)
- PUCSL makes u-turn and approves further power cuts (Category: Breaking News)
- How long will power cuts be? (Category: Breaking News)
The residence of an owner of a filling station in the Ipalogama area in Anuradhapura has been set ablaze by a certain group of individuals.
Demonstrators blocked roads in several areas today demanding cooking gas. Protests were staged along the Mattakkuliya – Pettah main road and along the Baseline Road in Narahenpita today. The protesters placed empty gas cylinders and other objects and blocked the road disrupting vehicular movement. Similar protests were reported from other parts of the country as […]
- Police fire tear gas on protesting university students (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters and Police clash at Parliament Road (Category: Breaking News)
- Protesters block roads demanding gas (Category: Breaking News)
- Protests in several parts of the country demanding gas, fuel (Category: Breaking News)
The Commissioner General of Examinations says that steps will be taken to issue diesel from depots belonging to the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) for the personal vehicles of examination staff on duty for the G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination this year.
Fuel was being supplied until late afternoon Saturday until stocks ran out.
- Gas muzzlers (Category: Technology)
- Why 'feed' a car? (Category: Technology)
- 'Miracle material' (Category: Technology)
- Gas Only (Category: Business)
It has 90,000 metric tonnes of Siberian Light Crude
Money printing triggers excess outflows, forcing the currency down and triggering parallel exchange rates
- Sri Lanka official remittances down 33-pct in May (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank deep in debt, dollar shortages at ‘guidance’ rate : Wijewardena (Category: Breaking News)
- Sri Lanka central bank busts US$9.8bn since Feb 2020 to suppress rates, for stimulus (Category: Breaking News)
- Remittances through official channels up 78% in March (Category: Breaking News)
Sri Lankan police on Sunday started a nationwide raid on those hoarding diesel or petrol for resale, a police spokesman told journalists in Colombo.The post Sri Lanka starts nationwide raid on...Click on the headline to read the full story
[…]The post Sri Lanka In The Chalk Circle appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- 9th July Revolution Ousted Rajapaksa Dynasty; So, Let It Imprimatur (Category: Breaking News)
- A Janus Moment (Category: Breaking News)
- Whose Saviour Is Ranil? And Who Is Being Clever – Ranil Or Gota? (Category: Breaking News)
- Aragalaya: People’s Response To Rajapaksa-Made Crisis (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post The Coming Firestorm & How To Get Rid Of Gota appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Defeating Gota-Ranil: Re-Thinking The Aragalaya & Left Strategy (Category: Breaking News)
- Referendum 2021 To Presidency 2024: Strategy For Victory Of The New Democratic Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Referendum 2021 To Presidency 2024: Strategy For Victory Of The New Democratic Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
- Referendum 2021 To Presidency 2024: Strategy For Victory Of The New Democratic Opposition (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Hold Elections & Avert A Dual-Power Crisis appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- RW Vs. GR: Who Will Outwit Whom? (Category: Breaking News)
- Ranil: A SWOT Appraisal (Category: Breaking News)
- We Are On Course To A Dual Currency Regimen (Category: Breaking News)
- Oh Frabjous Day! Calloo Callay! (Category: Breaking News)
[…]The post Paradise Bankrupt On Golden Republic Anniversary appeared first on Colombo Telegraph.
- Not My President (Category: Breaking News)
- Rally The People, One Nation, One Call Free Sri Lanka: Independence Day 2023 (Category: Breaking News)
- Unelected President Ranil Renounces Sri Lanka’s Status As A Republic (Category: Breaking News)
- Jeered & Sent Home: Ominous Sign Of An Impending Peril (Category: Breaking News)
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