Lankan security forces deployed after night of violence

COLOMBO, April 1 (AFP) : Security forces were deployed across the Sri Lankan capital on Friday after protesters tried to storm the president's home in anger at the nation's worst economic crisis since independence.

The South Asian nation of 22 million people is facing widespread shortages of essential goods and sharp price rises, weighed down by enormous debt.

Police in Colombo said they arrested 45 people after Thursday night's unrest, in which one man was critically injured.