3 days ago · A monkey has been blamed for causing a nationwide blackout in Sri Lanka. The island nation's 22 million residents were mostly left without power during the outage, which began around 11am local ...

4 days ago · The power outage, which impacted all island today, had raised concerns over essential services. ... 12.20 : A sudden islandwide power outage has been reported, affecting multiple regions across Sri Lanka. The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has acknowledged the issue and stated that steps are being taken to restore the power supply as soon as ...

3 days ago · "Sri Lanka tasted monkey business in the past," he wrote. "Only in Sri Lanka can a group of monkeys fighting inside a power station cause an islandwide power outage," wrote Jamila Husain, editor ...

3 days ago · The power outage initially was reported around 11:15 a.m. in several areas of the country and the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) confirmed a complete blackout by around 11:45 a.m. In an unusual explanation, Power Minister Eng. Kumara Jayakody blamed the disruption on a monkey-related incident at the Panadura substation, a claim that quickly ...

3 days ago · An intruding monkey at a Sri Lankan electrical grid sub-station caused a general island-wide blackout on Sunday, government officials said. The power outage, which began around 11:30 am (0600 GMT ...

2 days ago · A monkey caused a major power outage in Sri Lanka, leading to scheduled 90-minute power cuts due to a breakdown at the Norochcholai coal power plant. Sri Lanka is set to experience a 90-minute ...

3 days ago · Sri Lanka's electricity grid was brought down nationwide on Sunday after monkey business struck a power station south of the capital of Colombo. ... (CEB) between 2010 and 2025. Most industrialists rely on electricity as their primary source of power. Due to this six-to-seven-hour outage, our businesses have suffered massive losses," a ...

3 days ago · Power was gradually being restored late on Sunday, local time. Sri Lanka's national power company, the Ceylon Electricity Board, confirmed the power cut was caused by an emergency at a south ...

3 days ago · The outage began around 11:30 a.m. local time and persisted for over three hours, with authorities working to restore full service, according to the reports. Apurwa Amit Updated : Feb 10, 2025, 02:16 PM IST Sri Lankan authorities have been working to restore power following a nationwide outage that ...

Dec 9, 2023 · COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka experienced an island-wide power outage for several hours Saturday after a system failure in one of the main transmission lines, the country’s power and energy ministry said.