According to officials, the decision is part of a broader effort to ease pressure on the country’s strained energy supply. With fuel shortages persisting and global oil prices remaining high, ...

Sri Lanka has declared Wednesdays a public holiday to manage fuel shortages as global energy supplies are disrupted by the Middle East conflict, the Public Administration Ministry said. The measure ...

Sri Lanka has never had a shortage of holidays. From religious observances to full moon days, from national commemorations to long weekends that quietly stretch into unofficial breaks, we have built a ...

Drivers wait in a queue to refuel their auto rickshaws at a fuel station in Biyagama on the outskirts of Colombo on March 15, 2026. In Sri Lanka, authorities raised LPG prices by eight percent on ...