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Shortly after bankrupt Sri Lanka began talks with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), an image was repeatedly shared in Facebook and WhatsApp posts that criticised the behaviour of the island nation's officials during the meeting. But the photo has been shared in a misleading context: it has circulated in reports about a meeting between a group of Sri Lankan opposition ....
The state of emergency in Sri Lanka has been lifted with effect from Saturday after the government decided not to present the Emergency Regulations in Parliament for approval with the improvement of the law and order situation in the island nation, nearly two weeks after it was imposed following unp ....
The state of emergency gave the police and the security forces sweeping power to arbitrarily arrest and detain people, , Sri Lank, emergency, economic crisis, anti-govt protests ....
Sri Lanka lifts state of emergency after 2 weeks as country faces worst economic crisis - Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of emergency with effect from May 6 midnight. ....