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A labourer sleeps on a handcart in front of closed shops in Colombo on April 28, 2022, following a one-day general strike called by trade unions in support of calls for President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to resign over the worsening economic crisis. - AFP

An Immigration truck transporting some of the Rohingya detainees from the Relau Bandar Baharu Depot Centre to a new depot. (Source: BERNAMA)

Police officers inspect a road in Rambukkana on April 20, 2022, a day after police killed an anti-government demonstrator while dispersing a protest against the high fuel prices and to demand President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's resignation over the worsening economic crisis.- AFP

Malaysian Hotel Association (MAH) chief executive director Yap Lip Seng said popular domestic destinations fare better now that the national border has reopened with sales majorly recorded from Singaporean and Indonesian travellers.

Protestors take part in a demonstration against the surge of prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities at the entrance of the president's office in Colombo on April 4, 2022. - AFP

People wait in queue with empty cans to buy fuel at a fuel pumping station amid a fuel shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on April 2, 2022. - EPA

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau - AFP

Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein delivering a keynote address at Putrajaya Forum 2022, with the theme ‘Shared Regional Responsibility’, at the the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre (Mitec), today. - BERNAMA

Authorities say troops were deployed after angry crowds blocked a busy street in Colombo and delayed the traffic operation for hours, preventing people from buying gas. - AFP pic

NCCIM President Datuk Low Kian Chuan said the business community was caught by surprise with an abrupt announcement of the increase