Sri Lanka raises cooking gas prices by 23%
Posted on April 7th, 2026
Courtesy The Straits Times
COLOMBO – Sri Lanka on April 6 raised prices of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) by nearly a quarter, blaming higher global prices triggered by the Iran war.
As well as gas, Sri Lanka also imports all of its oil and buys coal for electricity generation.
Colombo has warned that a prolonged war in the Middle East could seriously undermine efforts to emerge from its economic meltdown of 2022.
The increase in cooking gas prices on April 6 is on top of an eight per cent hike in March.
A private company, which accounts for about a quarter of the domestic LPG market, raised its retail price by 23 per cent to 5,700 rupees (S$23.30), up from 4,630 rupees.
The state-owned Litro Gas, the main supplier of LPG used in cooking stoves, increased the price of a 12.5kg refill to 4,765 rupees, up from 3,990 rupees – an increase of 19.42 per cent.
We have supplies for the entire month of April,” a Litro spokesman said, adding that higher global LPG prices and shipping costs had forced the latest revision.