Fuel prices raised

State Trading Organization (STO) has raised the price of petrol and diesel they sell by 20 Laari.  

A liter of petrol will be sold for MVR 11.39 while a liter of diesel will be sold for MVR 12.09 starting today.  

STO said that the change in price was due to the change to oil prices in the global market.  

The price of fuel was also raised on 1 October 2018 as well. This recent elevation of price today is the sixth time STO has raised the price of fuel.