The Sapugaskanda oil refinery, which was closed for seven weeks due to the lack of crude oil has resumed operations today (7).
Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila in his twitter account has confirmed the resumption of operations.
However, Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) sources said there were questions about the continuity of operations as it was not clear if further shipments of crude oil were due in the country.
They said that the shipment which arrived had been ordered earlier before the closure took place last month.
The refinery was closed on November 15.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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