Forty four protestors including 40 teachers were granted bail by Fort Magistrate Priyantha Liyanage today (05).
Each protester was released on a personal bail of Rs. 100,000 by court. They were arrested at yesterday’s teacher-principal protest march near the Presidential Secretariat. The Magistrate also ordered the release of vehicles seized at the protest march.
A tense situation arose between police and teacher union representatives near the court premises.( Pix by M.A.Pushpakumara)
The Department of National Zoological Gardens is readying enclosures to quarantine two large tortoises that were found stranded 15 kilometers westwards off Pitipana Negombo, today.
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