36-Hour Curfew In Sri Lanka Amid Protests Over Worst Economic Crisis: 10 Points

New Delhi: A 36-hour curfew has been imposed in Sri Lanka from Saturday 6pm to Monday 6 am amid a spate of protests over the economic crisis in the island nation.

The curfew has been imposed to prevent protests and Sri Lankans won’t be allowed to step out unless for essential services during the curfew.

The nation of 22 million people is in the grips of its worst downturn since independence, sparked by an acute lack of foreign currency to pay for even the most essential imports

Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday, giving sweeping powers to security forces. The country’s former president Maithripala Sirisena’s Freedom Party has called on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to form an all-party government to tide over the crisis, news agency PTI reported.