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Sri Lanka finds itself in the throes of an economic crisis that's brought with it a fuel shortage. It means rickshaw drivers like 21-year old Dilan Simpson find their livelihoods are under threat. This is his story.

In a shocking series of third rape incident in Muzaffargarh within 48 hours, a girl was allegedly sexually assaulted by a rickshaw driver.

Viral: Man turns his rickshaw into mobile mini rooftop garden - The viral picture was shared by former Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme, Erik Solheim.

For everyone to persevere, to stay committed to the task and to continue to keep their eye on the ball and the prize, and being placed on the united states supreme court, and the work shes going to do on behalf of persons in the united states and around the world, is going to be monumental. the speaker of sri lanka s parliament has warned that the country is at risk of severe food shortages and starvation if the economic crisis there persists. record inflation and power cuts continue to inflict ...

For sri lankans, like this rickshaw driver. hes one of millions forced to endure lengthy power cuts. living costs are rising rapidly in the worst economic crisis of recent times. now, he and his wife are having to ration what they eat. translation: earlier, we used to have three meals a day. - nowadays we can have only two. translation: this government isnt unable to provide us - with affordable food. only god can help us now. if you want to get an idea of the desperation being felt across sri l...

From their home town of thangalle in the south of the country, our south asia correspondent rajini vaidyanathan sent this report which does contain flashing images. these are dark days for sri lankans, like this rickshaw driver. hes one of millions forced to endure lengthy power cuts. living costs are rising rapidly in the worst economic crisis of recent times. now, he and his wife are having to ration what they eat. nowadays we can have only two. translation: this government isnt unable to prov...

Mangaluru: An auto-rickshaw driver suffered a massive heart attack while driving and died on the way to the hospital on Friday. The incident happened near the Netravati Bridge,...

Like this rickshaw drivers. >> translator: the whole day i drive around without any passengers. theres passengers, they prefer cabs. i ask them, where you going? they say, no, theres too much pollution. well take a cab. >> reporter: despite some measures to fight smog, the increasing pollution makes the sight of a clear sky still a distant dream. all right. much more to come on cnn, including developments out of sudan, where the ousted prime minister is set to return to power. well have the la...

Like this rickshaw drivers. >> all day i drive around without any passengers. they prefer cabs. >> reporter: despite some measures to fight smog, the increasing pollution makes the sight of a clear sky still a distant dream. nasa has been working on technology that could protect earth from asteroid strikes. the first test mission is set to launch this week, so ill explain what scientists hope the system will do after the break. stay with us. air wick air wick scented oils are infused with natu...

Will. and i think it could become a broader issue in terms of military, they could be targets as well but i think right now they will be rather isolated to the intelligence community and the embassies. irate community and the embassies. we will wait to see the full impact of that. thank you very much indeed. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: the young man who has gone from a rickshaw driver to an international ballet school graduate, all in underfive years. benjohnson, the fastest m...