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HISTORICAL FACTS: Sri lankan energy crisis worsens - Caught on Camera

A worker fills the tank of an auto rickshaw at a petrol station in Colombo on Friday. (Photo: AFP)

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s state-run petroleum company has run out of cash to buy oil, and fuel shortages across the country could get worse, the energy minister said on Friday.

Udaya Gammanpila said the loss-making Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) continued to haemorrhage cash and could no longer afford to procure supplies from abroad.

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