President declares emergency as public anger mounts over goods shortages in near-bankrupt country
Protesters hold banners and placards during a demonstration against the surge in prices and shortage of fuel and other essential commodities in Colombo on Friday night. (AFP Photo)
COLOMBO: Troops armed with sweeping powers were deployed in Sri Lanka on Saturday with the near-bankrupt country on edge after the president declared a state of emergency to quell escalating protests against him.
Gotabaya Rajapaksa invoked special powers on Friday night, a day after hundreds of people tried to storm his house in anger over unprecedented shortages…
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