COLOMBO, March 30 (Reuters) - Businesses and households in Sri Lanka faced 10-hour-long power cuts on Wednesday as a deepening economic crisis roiled markets and the electricity regulator urged over a million government employees to work from home to save on fuel.
The island nation has been unable to pay for fuel shipments because of a foreign exchange shortage, and is poised to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund, having slid into its worst economic crisis in decades.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...acks-foreign-currency-import-fuel-2022-03-30/
The island nation has been unable to pay for fuel shipments because of a foreign exchange shortage, and is poised to seek assistance from the International Monetary Fund, having slid into its worst economic crisis in decades.
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-...acks-foreign-currency-import-fuel-2022-03-30/
