A foreign exchange crisis has promoted the closure of the Sapugaskanda oil refinery for at least 50 days, Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila announced today (15).
He told a news conference that despite the closure there will be no fuel shortage in the country as the government hopes to import the stocks.
He said that after the foreign exchange crisis is resolved the refinery will be reopened.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
The final rites of veteran broadcaster, writer, and lyricist Nirmala de Alwis will be held today at Peradeniya.
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