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“People might not be able to buy bread even if they stand in queues,” said Jayawardena.
"We are talking to all the banks, even Samurdhi banks, to see if they can give us dollars."
More than 800 cooking gas explosions have been recorded in Sri Lanka since October 2021.
"The cylinders, regulators, stoves, and other equipment have remained unchanged."
The current prices are too high and if we increase it more it will result in further downfall of the business
Prior to the crisis, the official said, Litro imported around 33,000 MT per month.
The government has guaranteed a price control for rice, but according to a spokesman, no such control will be possible f...
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) states that there is sufficient stock of fuel in-store to supply without any shor...
Sri Lanka could face power cuts by March after a coal plant which was about to be built was cancelled under environmenta...
Services at the Werahera Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) have improved since the President's recent visit, Transport ...
The National Medical Transport Institute has decided to set up 3 new regional units make it easy for applicants for dri...
Fifty-seven per cent of Sri Lankans are unwilling to pay extra to purchase food even if doing so would protect the local...
Rice Mogul Dudley Sirisena is blaming a lack of proper regulation and planning on the part of the authorities for the sh...
The price of potatoes should come down in the marketplace as the government has cut the special commodity levy imposed o...
State-sanctioned playlists will replace music heard on private and state-owned buses as the National Transport Commissio...
Issuing an extraordinary gazette yesterday, the Consumer Affairs Authority (CAA) announced Maximum Retail Prices (MRPs) ...
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US-based ride-hailing company Uber announced two new safety features for users in Sri Lanka as part of a 'Safety Never S...
Over the past few weeks, the price of rice, vegetables and onions have consistently gone up because of the shortage of s...
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa in a wide-ranging press conference held in Colombo yesterday urged businesses in Sri Lanka ...
The government is saying that the major Rice millers of the country have agreed to provide the essential commodity at lo...
The price of imported milk powder will be reduced with effect from midnight today (09), the Consumer Affairs Authority (...
Sri Lanka Railways has appointed a committee to investigate yesterday's derailment of the Yal Devi express train, Railwa...
The government is vigorously denying that there has been an increase in the price of Wheat Flour and has complained to t...
The retail price of wheat flour in Sri Lanka has not been hiked, and the Consumer Affairs Authority has not given approv...
The cooking gas shortage should end in a few days and consumers should not panic, the government said today.
State-run Litro Gas Plc has made an emergency purchase of 12,000 metric tonnes of liquefied petroleum gas to meet an ong...
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