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Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy

A woman collects timber washed ashore to use as firewood amid cooking gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 6, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Women collect timber washed ashore to be used as firewood amid cooking gas shortage in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, June 6, 2022. The country is facing its worst economic crisis in recent memory. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A Sri Lankan man uses his mobile phone torch as he walks in his house during a power cut in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) A boy walks past anti government protest propaganda outside president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Sri Lankans walk past anti government propaganda displayed at the on going protest site near president's office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) People watch as anti government protesters shout slogans demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign blocking the entrance to his office in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Auto rickshaw driver Lakmal Ruwan waits outside a fuel station expecting to refill petrol in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, June 2, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring.(AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena) Empty vessels are tied up in a line to secure positions of a queue for buying kerosine oil outside a fuel station in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Sunday, June 5, 2022. Barely three weeks have passed since Ranil Wickremesinghe assumed duties as Prime Minister of Sri Lanka which has engulfed in an unprecedented economic and political crisis. Analysts say Wickremesinghe has managed to boost confidence of the people and ensure transparency in the policy process aimed at resolving the crisis, but at the ground level, people are still languishing in long queues to buy fuel and cooking gas while prices of essentials are soaring. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lanka holds its breath as new PM fights to save economy