In a protest against the use of water cannons and tear gas to disperse their protest march in Colombo yesterday (26), the teacher-principal trade unions are carrying out their strike action today (27).
Trade union members protested near Colombo Fort Railway Station, causing police to use tear gas and water cannons to disperse them near the Lotus Roundabout.
All teachers and principals will report sick and not report to work today, according to Ceylon Teachers’ Union General Secretary Joseph Stalin.
Meanwhile, all government schools will operate as usual today (27), the Ministry of Education declared, in spite of the ongoing strike.
It has been observed that the strike has caused significant disruptions in educational activities across the country.
Most of the schools had extremely low attendance rates, and children who were present were forced to leave because they were not allowed inside.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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