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 anti-government protests over the economic crisis.

Embattled Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had declared a state of Emergency with effect from May 6 midnight, the second time in just over a month amid growing protests. The Presidential Secretariat stated that the state of Emergency has been lifted with effect from Friday midnight, Hiru News reported.

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