Sri Lanka’s government says the country has only enough petrol to last one day under regular demand and that it does not have enough foreign currency to import more.
Sri Lanka has had to impose a ban on sales of petrol and diesel for private vehicles as it faces its worst economic crisis in 70 years.
The government is in talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to get a $3bn (£2.5bn) bailout.
Sri Lanka doesn’t have enough foreign currency to pay for imports, including petrol and diesel.
So, it is halting sales of fuel to ordinary people until 10 July. It’s thought to be the first country to do so since the 1970s.
At the weekend, officials said it had less than a week’s worth of fuel left for essential services like buses, trains and medical vehicles.