Several European airlines have extended suspensions of flights to the Middle East, including Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, according to AdaDerana; the report is dated March 18, 2026. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119877
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel is deliberately undermining Iran’s regime to give the Iranian people a chance to remove it, following the overnight killings of senior Iranian figures, including Ali Larijani and a Basij commander. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119871
The Ceylon Petroleum Corporation reports that over 400,000 QR codes have been issued under the national fuel pass. The MD, Mayura Neththikumarage, says most technical and registration issues affecting the fuel QR system have now been resolved. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119870
Sri Lanka’s SLBFE reports October 2025–February 2026 legal action against scammers and unlicensed foreign employment agencies involved in fraudulent overseas jobs, resulting in the recovery and refund of over Rs 194.5 million to victims. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119869
ජනාධිපතිවරයා සහභාගී වන විශේෂ ප්රවෘත්ති සාකච්ඡාව මේ වන විට ආරම්භ වී තිබේ. සජීව විකාශය AdaDerana RSS හරහා ලබා ගත හැක. නිකුත් වූ දිනය: මාර්තු 18, 2026 රාත්රී 12:32AM. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222801
Middle East crude oil benchmarks hit record highs, becoming the world’s most expensive as supply is disrupted by the Iran war. Trading activity declined despite higher prices, with some traders questioning the benchmarks’ relevance amid disrupted supply. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119868
Sunil Handunneththi, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Industry and Entrepreneurship Development, stated that the government is operating a special system to ensure an uninterrupted fuel supply for the industrial sector. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119867
QR කේතයෙන් ඉන්ධන බෙදාහැරීමේ ගැටලු බොහෝ ප්රමාණයක් මේ වන විට නිරාකරණය වී අවසන් බව ලංකා ඛනිජ තෙල් නීතිගත සංස්ථාවේ කළමනාකරණ අධ්යක්ෂ මයුර නෙත්තිකුමාගේ මහතා පවසයි. source http://sinhala.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=222800
The World Food Programme warns that the Iran war could push about 45 million people into acute hunger by June. If fighting continues through June, tens of millions more may face severe hunger, according to WFP analysis released on Tuesday. source http://www.adaderana.lk/news.php?nid=119863