Limited fuel and gas supplies have resumed in parts of Sri Lanka after a weekend of tumultuous anti-government protests over the economic crisis.
Long queues formed at filling stations and community centres across the capital, Colombo today , thronged by thousands of weary residents.
Fresh supplies came as a relief for a city on edge after months of shortages of fuel, food and other basics The financial crisis is the worst the country has seen since independence.
Rampant inflation has made prices soar and the country’s foreign currency reserves have all but run out, leaving it struggling to import food, fuel and medicine.
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