The Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) has warned of a possible risk of power cuts due to the use of inferior quality coal affecting generation capacity at the Lakvijaya Power Plant, ...
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) trade union leaders in Sri Lanka announced on Monday that they were suspending month-long protest actions against the restructuring of the crucial state-owned company ...
A technical fault in the electricity supply system between Anuradhapura and Vavuniya triggered power cuts in multiple areas across the island, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) said. ..
The Sri Lankan government has begun the process of breaking up the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) into four government-owned companies (GOCs), into which employees will be transferred by the end of ...
COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka on Wednesday announced a 15 percent increase in the electricity price to shore up revenues for the state-run utility, in line with conditions imposed by an IMF bailout ...
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Necessary change and union resistance

Srilanka, March 14 -- This week, the 56-year-old electricity monopoly ended marking a historic phase of transformation. The dismantling and restructuring of the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) signaled ...
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