The State of Emergency, which had been extended for four-months in the aftermath of the April 21 Easter Sunday terrorist attacks, was lifted from Thursday, Director-General of Government Information, Nalaka Kaluwewa has confirmed.Government Printer Gangani Liyanage also told the Daily News that the Presidential Secretariat had informed her that the proclamation to extend the State of Emergency, due on August 22, would not be sent, thereby allowing the Emergency status to lapse. However, according to the Government Printer, the Presidential Secretariat had sent two ‘Gazettes Extraordinary’ under the Public Security Ordinance for publication yesterday.