Sri Lanka's acting president Ranil Wickremesinghe has declared a state of emergency in the country today, with Wickremesinghe issued a gazette notice.
In this, he said - Public safety, maintaining public order and maintenance of supplies and services necessary for community life need to be issued in a public emergency.
The state of emergency is announced ahead of the polls held in the parliament for the election of the new president, and the country will be elected as the new president on July 20.
The presidential election will be held in Parliament on Tuesday and the presidential election on Wednesday, after the country's president, Gotabata Rajapaksa, recently resigned in the face of protests over the economic crisis.
He left the country from President Palace in the face of protests last Saturday.
