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Protesters hold placards during a demonstration against the government policy of forced cremations of Muslims who died of the Covid-19 coronavirus, outside a cemetery in Colombo on December 31, 2020. (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

For illustrative purposes only. Photo by Daniel Leal/ AFP FILE PIX

The move comes after Colombo cut subsidies, doubled taxes and promised to privatise hundreds of state enterprises under a $2.9 billion IMF bailout agreed in March.

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A demonstrator wearing masks of Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa (R) and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa takes part in a demonstration with others demanding the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa over the country's crippling economic crisis, near the parliament building in Colombo on May 6, 2022. - (Photo by ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Sri Lanka is grappling with its worst downturn on record after running out of foreign currency to buy imports, leaving scarce supplies of food, fuel and other essentials.- AFP pic

Ex Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa - AFP Photo

Sri Lanka to face more danger as crisis drags on - 123RF Photo

Sri Lanka's new president Ranil Wickremesinghe - AFP

A man buys a newspaper with front page news of Sri Lanka's president-elect Ranil Wikeramasinghe at a newsstand in Colombo on July 21, 2022. - (Photo by ARUN SANKAR / AFP)