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The price per liter is 793 rupees.
CPC oil imports fell to US$647mn to April 2024 from US$828.4mn last year
Octane 95 petrol cuts by Rs41 to Rs355, standard diesel, kerosene, unchanged
"We also have to limit selected imports in order to balance the payments for fuel."
Petrol, kerosene prices unchanged
Sri Lanka fuel queues still remain as is faces dollar shortage to buy fuel
Earlier, only one vehicle was allowed to be registered under one business registration number.
On July 27, 158,208 users have pumped fuel through the system
Prospective firms will have to find their own dollars
Sri Lanka's fuel bill for 2022 is estimated at 6.7 billion US dollar up from 2.7 billion US dollars
Sri Lanka is struggling to find dollars to import fuel
People have mostly accused of three wheel drivers of hoarding fuel
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Fuel hoarding has resulted in long queues in Sri Lanka amid shortage due to lack of dollars
The minister has yet to reveal how much fuel each vehicle will be allowed to pump.
Fuel to be issued using the new pass system from July 21
Fuel Pass comes after data showed that there is an increasing trend of hoarding
A diesel and petrol shipment to arrive between July 15-19
Power cuts of 1 hour 40 min in the daytime and 1 hour 20 mins in the night
One trillion rupee hole in the CPC balance sheet
"It started off well but we received many complaints on all the fronts."
Fuel will be issued on a daily or weekly basis from the 12th
a 40,000 metric tonne diesel shipment worth $66.5mln from a UAE-based was due between 8-9 July
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