Sri Lanka, Feb. 10 -- The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) has announced that island-wide power cuts will be implemented on Monday (10) and Tuesday (11).

Accordingly, the one-and-a-half-hour power outage will occur between 3.30 p.m. and 9.30 p.m., affecting the entire island, the CEB said.

The power supply disruptions will take place for one-and-a-half-hour each today and tomorrow during the said time period with areas divided into zones, to manage the power supply system.

On February 09, Sri Lanka faced a widespread power outage that affected the entire island at around 11.15 a.m. The cause of the outage was linked to an incident at the Panadura grid substation, where a monkey reportedly entered the substation, triggering an imbalance i...