Sri Lankan PM urges citizens not to stock fuel; calls for restructuring entire economy

Sri Lanka’s cash-strapped government will need at least $5 billion over the next six months to maintain basic standards of living, including some $3.3 billion for fuel imports, PM Ranil Wickramasinghe told parliament on Tuesday.

“Only establishing economic stability not enough, we have to restructure the entire economy,” said Ranil Wickremesinghe, who is working to prepare an interim budget said in Parliament.