Sri Lankan customs officers on Tuesday, Feb. 6, called off a strike that left 6,000 containers stranded at the country’s main port and put pressure on food prices, after the government agreed to reinstate their boss for three months.
The strike by thousands of officials began a week ago in protest at the sacking of Director General P.S.M. Charles, who authorities blamed for a drop in customs revenue last year.
It was not immediately clear how long the backlog of containers would take to clear...
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