Sri Lanka’s energy crisis: A culmination of past actions | Daily FT
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“Sri Lanka faces the prospect of power-cuts”
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“Global headlines have been dominated by the war in Iran, which was launched last month by the US and Israel”
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— The Strait of Hormuz, a major maritime choke point for global energy trade, has experienced ongoing geopolitical and economic disruption since 28 February 2026, following joint military strikes by the…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Strait_of_Hormuz_crisis
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
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“The initial news of the joint US/Israel attacks on Iran led to widescale panic buying of fuel”
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— On 28 February 2026, the United States and Israel started a war with surprise airstrikes on sites and cities across Iran, assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and several other Iranian officials …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Iran_war
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— During the 2026 Iran war, the Iranian Navy frigate IRIS Dena was torpedoed and sunk by the United States Navy's Los Angeles-class submarine USS Charlotte in the Indian Ocean.
Dena had recently taken p…
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— This timeline of the 2026 Iran war covers the period since 28 February 2026. The war is ongoing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2026_Iran_war
“The President and his cabinet waited two weeks before re-introducing the QR system”
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— The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2026 in Sri Lanka.
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— Commercial Bank of Ceylon PLC (CBC) also known as Commercial Bank or ComBank is a licensed commercial bank in Sri Lanka and its ownership is private. It was incorporated as a public limited company an…
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— LankaQR, stylised in all caps as LANKAQR, is a national QR code payment system in Sri Lanka, initiated by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) in collaboration with LankaClear (Pvt) Ltd and licensed f…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LankaQR
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“The country has resorted to the Trincomalee Oil Storage Tankers, a project that has been the subject of wide-scale opposition by the JVP”
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“In 2017, while the Sri Lankan Government was negotiating with India over the joint venture to refurbish and operationalise the storage tankers, several island-wide strikes were launched by trade unions affiliated to the JVP”
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“The current Government has chosen to abandon the diversification to renewable energy”
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“The Ceylon Electricity Board was accused of causing losses amounting to Rs. 2 billion due to the curtailment of renewable energy production”
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“The government amended the 2024 Electricity Act, allowing for the unbundling of the CEB, but retaining full state ownership of the new companies”
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“The country's power generation relies heavily on coal for its Lakvijaya Power Plant, which is producing below acceptable standards”
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