"From today onwards there will be no such buses in the Kataragama – Colombo route via Galle road."

Minister Gunawaredena had asked the CTB chief to resign after failing to provide public service

Foreign investors have kept away from Sri Lanka due to unprecedented economic crisis

"The government should step in and set a rate, but instead they are making obnoxious statements."

Quality of public buses is low - except on expressways - due to regulated pricing and a rigid licensing system.

"For a week, we need 30 liters if we run an average of 100 kilometres a day."

The first phase will commence in the Western province, the PMD said.

"We urge the government and the leasing companies to grant us a moratorium until next March."

"We have obligations to meet for our families and five litres is not doing us any good. It’s simply not enough"

“The allocation of fuel to the transport industry is not an efficient or fair allocation,” he said.