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Kerosene was cut 11 rupees to 236 rupees a litre
Batteries from Sungrow
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will call tenders to sell furnace oil and naptha produced at its refinery
Government to impose 18 percent tax on fuel from January
Prices of Octane 95, Super Diesel were maintained at the same level
There won't be power cuts on Tuesday due to Ramadan festival - PUCSL
"We allowed some flights to come and refuel at Mattala as well because BIA's fuel was finishing faster"
But on April 23, the projected cost had risen by another 200 billion rupees to 705 billion
Certain friendly states, international suppliers and local private sector have forwarded proposals
State-run fuel retailer CPC is facing a tough task of meeting fuel demand due to dollar shortage
China supplied 730,000 tons of fuel in the six months through January 2022 - Qi
Slots may be reduced by 30min if water is available
Litro has requested for a price hike since the last price hike in October 2021 amid rupee fall, global LP gas price hike
Octane 92 price up to 338 rupees a litre while auto diesel prices raised by 64.2-pct to 289 rupees
Latest hike will see price of Octane 92 rising 11.6% to record 338 rupees a litre, auto diesel by 35% to 289 rupees
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This measure was also to channel the saved fuel to supply uninterrupted power during the Sinhala-Tamil new year
CPC is losing 110 rupees per litre of diesel sold and 52 rupees for a litre of petrol
By end April about 375 to 400 million from the credit line would be used
Sri Lanka still face fuel shortage and motorists are forced to wait hours
Around 60 percent of the fuel credit has been already used
The distribution is expected to start from this evening
Litro imports gas on one month credit
Sri Lanka faces grim reality of the dollar shortage-led fuel, power crisis
Customers adapt. But 10 hour power cuts will not leave room
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