Food Shortage

Laborers wait after unloading the sacks of rice at a wholesale market, amid the country's economic crisis in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 20, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

Thousands queue for petrol, gas in Sri Lanka amid warnings of food shortages

Lines formed in many parts of Colombo, a city of around 900,000 people, as residents tried to stock up on fuel, which is mostly imported and is in extremely short supply with the government running...

Protestors stand on a water cannon vehicle as they shout slogans during a protest organised by students near the President's House, amid the country's economic crisis, in Colombo, Sri Lanka, May 19, 2022. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

Global Economy

'We are going to die': Sri Lanka warns of food shortages

World+Biz

North Korea facing 'harsh lean period': UN food body

Lorries queue in at the border control of the Port of Dover in Dover, Britain, January 15, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley/File Photo

Europe

Britain could face food shortages due to lorry driver crisis

Food security remains unhurt during pandemic. Photo: Mumit M/TBS

Bazaar

Food shortage unlikely in 2021

Covid-19 in Bangladesh

Don’t let Covid-19 trigger a food shortage in Bangladesh: PM

Bazaar