Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues

Sri Lanka braces for new economic crisis as war on Iran continues

For many Sri Lankans, the fuel shortage triggered by the war carries echoes of the 2022 economic crisis - with a twist.

Kandy, Sri Lanka On a sunny March day in the hill city of Kandy in central Sri Lanka, Keerthi Rathna waited in a serpentine queue to buy his share of petrol for his three-wheeler tuk-tuk. The govern… [+8282 chars]