Sri Lanka extends state of emergency for a month
By DW
28 July 2022 |
12:45 pm
As unrest over the economic crisis continues, lawmakers have extended the executive's emergency powers. Meanwhile, Singapore extended former Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa's permission to stay.
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