Food emergency
Amid growing healthcare crisis Sri Lanka declares food emergency
The food emergency decree gives the Gotabaya Rajapaksa-led government sweeping powers to seize stocks of essential items such as rice, paddy, and sugar. The government has extended the nationwide lockdown till September 13
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