During the ongoing anti-government protests in Sri Lanka, protesters shouted slogans targeting former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family. But they also raised chants against India.
The Indian government told an all-party meeting on Tuesday that India is naturally worried over the Sri Lankan crisis and there are “very strong” lessons of fiscal prudence, responsible governance and not having “a culture of freebies” to be drawn from it.
Until the national fuel pass is implemented, the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation has decided to dispense limited volumes of fuel from Ceypetco filling stations to vehicles starting from July 21, based on the last digit of the vehicle number plate.
In a fresh fiscal policy stance of austerity measures, the Finance Ministry has cut down non-essential capital expenditure in ministries, departments and state institutions in a bid to save money during this economic crisis, a Ministry circular revealed.