UPDATE : A litre of Octane 92 petrol will be increased by Rs 3 with effect from midnight today (Mar 12) while the price of a litre of Octane 95 petrol will go up by Rs 7.
The price of Auto Diesel will be increased by Rs 1 per litre while the price of Super Diesel will be increased by Rs 8 per litre.
Accordingly, a litre of Octane 92 and Octane 95 petrol will stand at Rs 132 and Rs 159 respectively.
While the prices of a litre of Super Diesel will be Rs 134 while Auto Diesel will stand at Rs 104 a litre.
Fuel prices to go up from midnight today : Finance Minister
The prices of fuel is set to increase with effect from midnight today (Mar 12), Minister Mangala Samaraweera said.
He noted that a litre of diesel would go up by Rs 1 while the prices of petrol would be increased by Rs 3.
The Finance Minister also said that a gazette notification will be issued to this effect at midnight.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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