The Colombo Chief Magistrate’s Court has ruled against a planned demonstration by Teachers-Principal Trade Unions to refrain from causing any inconvenience to the public during a protest from Polduwa junction to Parliament entrance road, today (5).
Colombo Additional Magistrate K.P.S. Harshan issued the court order following a request made by the Police concerning potential public inconvenience.
The court order further clarified that peaceful protests and freedom of expression will not be prohibited.
Eight teacher-principal trade unionists, including Joseph Stalin the General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Union (CTU), Mahinda Jayasinghe General Secretary of the Ceylon Teachers’ Service Union, and Sunil Premathilaka President of Principals’ Services Union have been named respondents in a court order.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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