While dealers of Laugfs Gas reported a shortage in stocks, the company has informed the Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) - in a notification - that it has not taken a decision so far to stop imports.
However officials of the company said on Tuesday that they have suspended imports due to the banks not being able to open LCs to import fuel due to a shortage of US dollars. The company’s repeated demand to increase gas prices due to a global increase in gas prices has also been refused by the authorities.
Laugfs supplies 30 percent of the country’s domestic gas requirement.
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.
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.
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