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Minister of Power and Energy Kanchana Wijesekera has confirmed that fuel quotas which were increased in view of the festive season will remain unchanged until further notice.
උත්සව සමය වෙනුවෙන් වැඩිකළ ඉන්ධන කෝටාව නැවත දැනුම්දෙන තුරු ඒ අයුරින්ම ක්රියාත්මක කිරීමට රජය තීරණය කර තිබේ.<br><br>විදුලිබල හා බලශක්ති අමාත්යාංශය නිවේදනයක් නිකුත් කරමින් සඳහන් කර ඇත්තේ ඊයේ (24) ඛනිජ තෙල් සංස්ථා ප්රගති සමාලෝචන රැස්වීමේ දී එම තීරණය ගත් බවය.
By Sunimalee Madurawala “The shortage of medicines will significantly impact medications for non-communicable diseases (NCDs). If NCD patients don’t receive their regular medication, their condition will worsen,” stated a Provincial Director of Health Services speaking on the implications of the economic crisis on NCDs. Over the last few decades, NCDs have emerged as a critical [...
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State Minister of Power and Energy D. V. Chanaka has confirmed that fuel quotas which were increased in view of the festive season will continue throughout this week as well.
උත්සව සමය වෙනුවෙන් වැඩිකළ ඉන්ධන කෝටාව අද (18) සිට අලුත් වන මීළඟ සතියේදීත් එලෙසම ලබාදීමට රජය තීරණය කර තිබේ.
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The Ministry of Power and Energy says that it will arrive at a decision today (April 17), on whether to maintain the increased fuel quota in view of the Sinhala and Tamil New Year festive season or not.
උත්සව සමය වෙනුවෙන් ඉහළ නැංවු ඉන්ධන කෝටාව එලෙසම පවත්වාගෙන යෑම සම්බන්ධයෙන් අද (17) දිනයේ දී තීරණය කරන බව බලශක්ති අමාත්යංශය පවසයි.<br><br>පසුගිය 04 වනදා මධ්යම රාත්රියේ සිට ක්රියාත්මක වන පරිදි ඉන්ධන කෝටාව ඉහළ දැමීමට රජය පියවර ගෙන තිබුණි.
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