It was unclear, in the run-up to the weekend, whether protesters would make it. The previous day, police had declared a curfew. Trains and other public transport were cancelled. The telecoms regulator told phone companies to turn off data services (they didn’t). Thousands of members of the security forces were deployed to guard Fort, the heart of the city. Two months to the day after protesters clashed with government-supported goons on the seafront in Colombo, Sri Lankans returned to their capital in a display of rage. What could have been the major cause of economic failure in Sri Lanka ?

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