GUARDING GASOLINE Soldiers stand guard as motorists queue to buy fuel at a Lanka IOC fuel station in Colombo on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO
GUARDING GASOLINE Soldiers stand guard as motorists queue to buy fuel at a Lanka IOC fuel station in Colombo on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. AFP PHOTO

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on Wednesday was given the additional responsibility of running the finance ministry as the island nation grapples with its worst-ever economic crisis.

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