SriLankan Airlines has enough stocks of aircraft fuel, according to State Minister of Aviation and Export Zones Development, D.V. Chanaka, adding that the current fuel crisis will not affect the airline or aviation services in the country.
In a media release, he said SriLankan Airlines already has enough fuel reserves for the next one and a half months and last week, the airline paid US$32 million for future purchases of fuel. The airline also has the dollar reserves required to purchase fuel.
The airline services will not be disrupted, the minister assured.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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