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Sri Lanka parliament speaker warns crisis risks starvation
5 years agoMembers of the Government Medical Officers' Association hold placards during a silent demonstration against Sri Lanka's deepening economic crisis in Colombo on April 6, 2022. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)
Sri Lanka's crippling economic crisis risks causing starvation across the island nation of 22 million while acute shortages of essentials and debilitating blackouts will get worse, the speaker of parliament warned Wednesday.