Sri Lanka’s Central Bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages.
The Country’s Central Bank Governor, Nandalal Weerasinghe revealed that they are utilizing in part $130million received from the World Bank and remittances from Sri Lankans working overseas.
Most of the Country’s petrol stations have run dry as it battles its most devastating economic crisis since Independence in 1948.
Residents said most people were staying at home because of the lack of transport.