Civil rights activist and university students today held a protest opposite the Bangladesh High Commission in Colombo against what they called repression of students who have been protesting in Dhaka.
The protest was organized to show solidarity with the students of Bangladesh.
They called the international community to stand against the student killings.
The protestors demanded an immediate end to the Bangladeshi government's alleged repression of students protesting the job quota system.
The Bangladeshi government has imposed a curfew to control the situation while telecom services and television services remain disrupted.
The Bangladesh Supreme Court scrapped amended the quotas for government jobs that sparked protests to control the situation.
Mr. Ali Sabri Rahim, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Puttalam District whom an open warrant had been issued, attended a public ceremony at Al Aksha National School in Kalpitiya today (16) as the special guest of honor.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
The 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Auspicious times widely followed by candidates keeping with traditions will be taken into consideration by the Election Commission in fixing the date and time for the conduct on the Presidential polls.
The Cabinet of Ministers has granted policy approval to change the wording “exceeding six years” in paragraph (b) of Article 83 of the Constitution to “exceeding five years” with reference to the President’s tenure.
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