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Pettah, Colombo\u2019s bustling shopping hub, was unusually calm this Avurudu season. Streets\u2014normally teeming with shoppers and traffic jams\u2014were sparse, reflecting the dwindling purchasing power of the people as fuel and essential prices soared following the US and Israel\u2019s war against Iran on February 28. \u00a0Pic by M.A. Pushpa Kumara \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Pettah, Colombo\u2019s bustling shopping hub, was unusually calm this Avurudu season. Streets\u2014normally teeming with shoppers and traffic jams\u2014were sparse, reflecting the dwindling purchasing power of the people as fuel and essential prices soared following the US and Israel\u2019s war against Iran on February 28.<\/p>\n

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