Food and energy prices have increased in Sri Lanka amid escalating tensions in the Middle East.
The government is rationing fuel and has declared Wednesdays a public holiday to try and conserve existing stocks.
The crisis that comes in the middle of a rice-harvesting season is already affecting farmers.
Al Jazeera’s Minelle Fernandez reports from North Central Sri Lanka.
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