Petrol

For the next two weeks only buses, trains, and vehicles used for medical services and transporting food will be allowed to fill up with fuel.

Schools in urban areas have shut and officials have told the country's 22 million residents to work from home.

The South Asian nation is in talks over a bailout deal as it struggles to pay for imports such as fuel and food.

On Monday, the government said it will ban private vehicles from buying petrol and diesel until 10 July.

According to a statement by the Independent Consumer and Competition Commission (ICCC), the prices for petrol, diesel and kerosene have all risen for the month of October.

Petrol recorded the highest, with an increase by 8 toea per litre (tpl) – from 283.51 tpl in September, to 291.51 tpl.

Diesel is up by 1.77 tpl from 226.15 tpl in September, to 227.92 tpl, and kerosene rose by 2.86 tpl – from 216.45 tpl to 219.13 tpl.

The new prices are set based on the calculation of the Import Parity Prices (IPP) for the month of September.