Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has prolonged the nationwide state of emergency, imposed immediately following a series of deadly attacks on Easter Sunday, for another month, the Ada Derana news portal reported.
According to the Ada Derana news portal, the president signed a relevant document earlier in the day based on the current security situation in the country.
Earlier in May, Sri Lanka reportedly introduced another 12-hour curfew in its North Western Province in the wake of unrest that occurred in the region over the weekend.
An initial curfew was imposed in North Western Province on 12 May following civil unrest in the city of Chilaw that was reportedly ignited by an inflammatory Facebook post meant to incite racial tensions. Several messaging applications, such as Viber, WhatsApp and Facebook, were blocked on 13 May to prevent “false propaganda”.