Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa introduced emergency price regulations to control the cost of essential food items in the country after private banks ran out of foreign exchanges needed to finance imports, Al Jazeera reported Aug. 31.

Sri Lanka: Government Declares Food Emergency

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Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa introduced emergency price regulations to control the cost of essential food items in the country after private banks ran out of foreign exchanges needed to finance imports, Al Jazeera reported Aug. 31. 

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Sri Lanka: Government Declares Food Emergency

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