Women rights groups took to the streets against a number of issues including the skyrocketing cost of living.
The protest that took place at Lipton roundabout Wednesday evening was led by the Women For Rights(WFR) group.
The protestors charged that women are burdened by the shortage of milk powder for their children, unable to prepare food without gas and suffer from increasing prices of all goods. They demanded the government to step down if they are unable to find solutions to the present crisis. (Pix by Eshan Fernando)
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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