Sri Lanka economic crisis

Sri Lanka's main opposition leader Sajith Premadasa (C) and parliament members shout slogans during a protest in Colombo on April 3, 2022. - Heavily armed Sri Lankan security forces blocked a march led by opposition legislators who had defied a weekend curfew to protest the island nation's worsening economic crisis on April 3, an AFP photographer at the scene witnessed. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Commuters ride a scooter past soldiers standing on guard along a street in Colombo on April 2, 2022. - Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Protestors hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 1, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A pedestrian walks past soldiers standing on guard along a street in Colombo on April 2, 2022. - Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Pedestrians walk past soldiers standing on guard along a street in Colombo on April 2, 2022. - Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Commuters move past soldiers standing on guard along a street in Colombo on April 2, 2022. - Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Protestors hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 2, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Army Soldier stand guard at a checkpoint after authorities imposed a weekend nationwide curfew to contain protests over a worsening economic crisis, in Colombo on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

People crowd at a marketplace to stock up essential commodities after the authorities announced a 36-hour curfew in Colombo on April 2, 2022, imposed to prevent protests against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photo by AFP)

Army Soldier stand guard at a checkpoint after authorities imposed a weekend nationwide curfew to contain protests over a worsening economic crisis, in Colombo on April 3, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

People crowd at a marketplace to stock up essential commodities after the authorities announced a 36-hour curfew in Colombo on April 2, 2022, imposed to prevent protests against Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. (Photo by AFP)

A general view of a deserted street is pictured amid the ongoing 36-hour curfew in Colombo on April 2, 2022, imposed to prevent protests against the Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. - The order came a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invoked a state of emergency following a violent attempt to storm his house, saying it was for the "protection of public order". (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A general view of a deserted street is pictured amid the ongoing 36-hour curfew in Colombo on April 2, 2022, imposed to prevent protests against the Sri Lanka's President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. - The order came a day after President Gotabaya Rajapaksa invoked a state of emergency following a violent attempt to storm his house, saying it was for the "protection of public order". (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

Protestors hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on April 2, 2022. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)

A pedestrian walks past Special Task Force (STF) and police personnel standing on guard along a street in Colombo on April 2, 2022. - Troops armed with sweeping powers to detain suspects were deployed in Sri Lanka, hours after the president declared a state of emergency as protests against him escalated. (Photo by Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP)