Two vessels carrying 120,000 MT of coal are being unloaded after the payment of 38 million US dollars, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekara said. He said with these two vessels the coal requirement before the monsoon deadline is fulfilled.
The majority of the country’s power generation now relies on coal power due to fuel crisis and low rainfall to hydro catchment areas.
Minister Wijesekara said a jet fuel cargo and a diesel cargo consignment are in the process of unloading as well.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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