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Sri Lanka orders four-day week for public sector to cut fuel use

→Public-sector administrators must close offices Wednesdays; essential-service teams must staff daily

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Sri Lanka ordered a four-day working week for government institutions, schools, and universities with Wednesdays off and required essential services to operate all days.
Why it matters
Government functions are paused temporarily on Wednesdays. Officials must maintain health, ports, water-supply, and customs operations daily.
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  • — Public administrators must suspend routine office operations Wednesdays immediately.

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