Heavy traffic is reported in Fort and surrounding roads due to a protest against the government’s tax policy.
Employees in the banking, health, ports, electricity, petroleum sectors are among the large numbers now gathered in front of the Fort railway station.
Protestors declared a ‘black week’ starting from today against the government's move to increase taxes and electricity tariff. (Pix by Pradeep Pathirana)
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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