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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Hannah Ellis-Petersen South Asia correspondent

Sri Lanka brings in four-day week to eke out stocks of oil and gas hit by Iran war

Long line of scooters and motorbikes queueing outside Shell station in Colombo
Queueing for fuel at a filling station in Wellawatte on the outskirts of Colombo on Monday. Photograph: Ishara S Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images

Sri Lanka is introducing a shorter four-day working week to preserve its shrinking fuel and gas reserves, as the Middle East conflict continues to severely disrupt energy supplies in the region.

Countries across south Asia are facing crippling shortages of fuel and LPG gas, which are used for everything from home cooking to cremating bodies, as most supplies have been held up in the Gulf since the US and Israel began bombing Iran.

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