Economical impacts of the 2008 Dehiwala train bombing

Having plunged the island back to war in 2006, President Mahinda Rajapakse is facing a growing political and economic crisis. The military offensives in the North have effectively stalled and the shaky ruling coalition is confronting growing discontent over the war and its economic impact.
The train bombing had also caused the country to face a loss in tourism, countries like the United States of America had also give out warning to its citizen to avoid going to Sri Lanka during that period.

Prices for

• food
• fuel and
• other basic items

are skyrocketting

acknowledgements:http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jun2008/sril-j02.shtml