By Uditha Jayasinghe and Alasdair Pal COLOMBO (Reuters) - Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector wor.
Thousands of shops, schools and businesses closed on Friday as public and private sector workers in Sri Lanka went on strike, demanding the president and the government step down for their mishandling of the island's worst financial crisis.
Sri Lanka s president declared a state of emergency as protests which have become violent continued to rock the country. It is the second state of emergency in five weeks.
Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa declared a state of emergency on Friday following a day of anti-government strikes and protests over the country's deep economic crisis that saw police use tear gas on two occasions.