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Sri Lanka's Prime Minister warns of a food shortage and vows the government will buy enough fertiliser for the next planting season as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

China says its initiative to build ports and other infrastructure across Asia and Africa, paid for with Chinese loans, will boost trade

Thousands of people queued for cooking gas and petrol in Sri Lanka's commercial capital on Friday and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warned of a food shortage as the island nation battles a devastating economic crisis.

Economists fear Sri Lanka could be first of several, with IMF in talks with Egypt, Tunisia and Pakistan

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, but police fired tear gas and water canon to push back student protesters.

Power and energy minister ‘respectfully’ advises against forming queues, saying there are no sufficient petrol stocks.

Sri Lanka's central bank has secured foreign exchange to pay for fuel and cooking gas shipments that will ease crippling shortages, its governor said on Thursday, as the prime minister said supplies had been locked in for at least a month.

Prime minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said Sri Lanka only has petrol stocks "for a single day" and the next few months will be "the most difficult of our lives"

Sri Lanka’s ruling party has defeated a move in Parliament to urgently debate a motion censuring President Gotabaya Rajapaksa for the nation’s worst economic crisis

Sri Lanka's parliament on Tuesday voted against fast-tracking an opposition move to condemn President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, as the prime minister warned that the country was in a precarious economic situation and down to its last day of petrol supplies.

Sri Lanka’s new prime minister has warned the country is down to its last day of petrol as it faces its worst economic crisis for decades.