Four police officers have been injured in a protest staged by Higher National Diploma in Accountancy (HNDA) students at Lotus Road today (Feb 26).
The students who had launched the protest this afternoon had demanded an increase of Rs 50,000 in their mahapola scholarship schemes which are provided to university students.
The Lotus Road leading to the Presidential Secretariat was blocked as a result of the protest.
Water canons and teargas were fired to disperse protestors and during the tensions the Police officers were injured. Protests were held following failed talks held with officials.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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.
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