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Story summary
- Sri Lanka faces a potential economic crisis mirroring the 2022 collapse.
- The crisis is worsened by the ongoing Middle East war and a November cyclone.
- President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has imposed fuel rationing and raised fuel and electricity prices.
- Panic buying has resurfaced and echoes the downturn that led to protests and Rajapaksa's ouster.
- The Frontline Socialist Party warns political instability could follow if the crisis worsens.
