Coal Crisis: Cabinet Spokesperson blames conspiracy COLOMBO (News 1st) - Sri Lanka's Cabinet Spokesperson on Friday (23) revealed that a conspiracy is - Get the latest breaking news and top stories from Sri Lanka, the latest political news, sports news, weather updates, exam results, business news, entertainment news, world news and much more from News 1st, Sri Lanka's leading news network.
Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Wednesday that he has urged IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva to "expedite" its assistance programme to Sri Lanka and underlined that no country except India is providing money to the crisis-hit island.
The number of power shedding hours could be increased to as high as 15 hours a day and private transports could be pulled out from the services if the Sri Lankan government fails to supply fuel, officials said.