Sri Lankans face daily power cuts, ongoing school closures as fuel crisis grows | CBC News

Government is now seeking fuel from Russia as other countries refuse to supply more without paymentSri Lanka's government says schools will stay shut and power will be cut nationwide for up to three hours a day to save fuel, amid the country's economic crisis. Here, a member of Sri Lanka's military checks the tokens of people queueing for fuel in Colombo on June 27.

"Finding money is a challenge. It's a huge challenge," Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera told reporters. Schools in urban parts of Sri Lanka have been closed for the past two weeks, and will remain closed for at least one more week, due to Sri Lanka's fuel shortage. A closed classroom is pictured at a government school in Colombo on June 20.

According to the Central Bank, the remittances — the nation's main foreign exchange earner — dropped from $2.8 billion in the first six months of 2021 to $1.3 billion in the same period this year for a decline of 53 per cent.

Yes and Canada is to stupid to pick up on this great opportunity.

Sanction Blowback will increase Russian world influence and double THEIR profits. Vladimir Putin should send Joe Biden a thank you card

How are all the new pipelines coming along in Canada? Really what you're saying is Trudeau has taken a clean ethical energy source away from a world in desperate need. Atta 'boy'. How's the Debt to GDP? Still 118%? cdnpoli TrudeauIsDestroyingCanada

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So do I

Why not?

hahahahahahah Justin Trudeau is the biggest disaster we have ever seen. Change my mind.

EU uses loop holes to get around their own sanctions. resulting in paying 3x as much for the same product Trudeau and their sanctions wont allow Siemens engines to Germany so Nordstram 1 has to be shut down, caving their industry. While nutter Habeck a green starts up coal plants

Resorting to clickbate? Because no one reads your propaganda articles? Sri Lanka should be in the title!

Good news continues for the leaders of the 'free' world.

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That’s a terrible, uninformative and really alarming tweet. Lead with: Sri Lankan Government. Sheesh!

Why can't Sri Lanka just print more money like we do? That solves all sorts of problems.

I thought solar and wind power were the answer. 🤔

We have lots of fuel in this country. Don't blame Russia for anything. I'm not pro-russia. If the dickhead in Ottawa would allow pipelines, we would have lots of fuel for Canadians

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