Sri Lanka political crisis: The story so far | India Chahta Hai

Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa lifted the state of emergency with immediate effect late on Tuesday. An emergency was imposed on April 1 amid a  growing crisis in the country. In gazette notification number 2274/10 issued late on Tuesday night, the President said that he had withdrawn the Emergency Rules Ordinance, which gave wide powers to the security forces to prevent any disturbance in the country.