Sri Lanka denies food shortage: govt
The Hindu
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on August 31 issued emergency regulations to control the prices of essential commodities
The Sri Lankan government on September 2 denied that the country was facing a food shortage, underlining that the Public Security Ordinance on the supply of essential goods was imposed to stop their hoarding. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on August 31 in a preventive move to stop hoarding of them. “The president has promulgated emergency regulations under the Public Security Ordinance on the supply of essential goods”, presidential spokesman Kingsley Ratnayake told reporters.More Related News