On Tuesday, Sri Lanka approved a four-day work week for public sector workers to help them cope with a chronic fuel shortage and encourage them to grow food. The decision was taken as the government struggled with its worst financial crisis in decades. The island nation, which employs about one million people in its public sector, has been hit by a severe foreign exchange shortage.

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