Despite initial supply issues, the new administration headed by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremasinghe has taken immediate action to ease worries of a fuel and LP gas shortage of consumers who are being forced to wait in long queues to buy gas or fuel, official sources said.
A special committee headed by former minister Sagala Ratnayake appointed by the new PM announced that they will be able to issue uninterrupted gas and fuel supplies to the market and fuel filling stations soon.
This was revealed at a special discussion held with the participation of Mr. Sagala Ratnayake, Minister Kanchana Wijesekera, top officials of the Central Bank, Finance Ministry, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), Litro Gas and the Bank of Ceylon.
It has been revealed that there was an issue of making payments for fuel shipments at present due to dollar shortage at present but all attempts will be made to clear fuel shipments which will be arriving in the country and which are already anchored at the Colombo port.
A stock of diesel from an oil tanker is being unloaded at the port and another diesel shipment is expected to arrive in the island on May 19.and a LP gas shipment will reach Colombo port on May 17.
A Litro Gas official noted that it will be able to issue 100,000 gas cylinders to the market daily in the coming days and prevent any shortages.
He noted that currently, the company incurs a net loss of Rs. 2,000 per cylinder due to high global market prices. (Bandula).
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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