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    Sri Lankan president revokes emergency amid growing protests

    Anti-government public protests initially began over shortages of essentials such as cooking gas, petrol, electricity and milk powder and have spread to every part of the Indian Ocean island nation.
    by The Associated Press Apr 06, 2022 1 minute

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka's president revoked a days-old state of emergency after huge public protests demanded he resign over the country's worst economic crisis in memory.

    President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has resisted the calls even after governing

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