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A porter carries sacks of imported food items at a market place in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s financial crisis is impacting families across the economic spectrum

Economics

Sri Lankan families who have never had to worry about putting food on the table are now struggling. Even those with a financial cushion are seeing their lives being upended.

People wait in a queue expecting to buy cooking gas near a distribution center in Colombo, Sri Lanka

A community kitchen in Colombo feeds Sri Lankans in need

Food
A hospital worker carries a tray of medicine at a government-run hospital in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan doctors say the country can’t survive on donated drugs forever

Health & Medicine
An auto rickshaw driver pushes his vehicle next to a banner that says only those vehicles with QR codes will be given fuel at a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Amid fuel crisis in Sri Lanka, bicycling is no longer a ‘poor person’s mode of transport’

Energy
Double the usual number of fishing boats are seen at the Dikkowita Fisheries Harbor, a main harbor in the Colombo area of Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s fuel shortage is hurting the country’s fishing industry

Economics
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Sri Lankans wait in line for days to refuel their vehicles amid shortages, economic crisis

Energy

Traffic has begun trickling back into the streets of Colombo, Sri Lanka. But the economic crisis and fuel shortages have many people still waiting in long queues to refuel their vehicles. Some people have even been stuck in line for days.

A crowd of older women are shown with their hands folded in prayer

Sri Lanka blasts were revenge for New Zealand mosque killings

Conflict & Justice

Devastating Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were retaliation for attacks on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday, as ISIS claimed responsibility for the coordinated blasts that killed 321 people.

A security officer is shown standing in shadown and holding a gun with the white facade of St Anthony's shrine in the background.

Sri Lanka imposes emergency, says international network involved in attacks

Conflict & Justice

Sri Lanka said on Monday it was invoking emergency powers in the aftermath of devastating bomb attacks on hotels and churches, blamed on militants with foreign links, in which 290 people were killed and nearly 500 wounded.

Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe steps onto stage in front of colorful mural with black fist symbols

Sri Lankans denounce the ‘coup’ and constitutional crisis

Global Politics

Sri Lanka was plunged into crisis last Friday when President Maithripala Sirisena ousted Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and swore in ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa, disturbing the country’s fragile governing coalition.

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