Sri Lanka, Feb. 22 -- Power and Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said in Parliament yesterday that the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has agreed to reduce the increased electricity tariff imposed last October.

He also said that CEB will submit the proposal to reduce the electricity bill to the Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka (PUCSL) today. Accordingly, steps will be taken to reduce the electricity bill in every sector by the percentage or more than was increased in October.

He stated that in October last year, the electricity tariffs had been increased by 18 percent for domestic use and religious places of worship, by 12 percent for industries and hotels, and by 24 percent for government institutions and general purposes cat...