According to an official statement the government has released an announcement made on Saturday that due to a fuel crisis, it has decided to suspend the conducting of urban schools for the week beginning on the 27th.

Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that a cabinet paper will be presented to the Cabinet to hand over 1690 filling stations owned by the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation to qualified foreign companies today. The Minister said that this cabinet paper has… Read More

A new strain of the coronavirus has been identified in 63 countries.  Dr Chandima Jeewandara, Head, Department of Allergy Immunology and Cell Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, commented on this on his Twitter account. He points out… Read More

Due to the current economic crisis, a large number of Sri Lankan youths who have gone to the United Arab Emirates for employment have become unemployed. Many of these people have come to the emirate on tourist visas thinking that… Read More

Media reports that Sri Lanka currently has insufficient fuel reserves for a single day.At present, there are only 1100 tons of petrol and 7500 tons of diesel. The report also said that international companies have badly documented Sri Lanka due… Read More

Steps have been taken to operate a horse and Bullock cart transport service in the Jaffna District as a solution to the transport disruption caused by the severe fuel shortage. From ancient times people used to travel by cart and… Read More