Owing to a student union protest Galle Face road has been closed from Ceramic junction in Colombo Fort.
Heavy congestion has been reported in the Colombo Fort area.
The protest march organized by the Inter University Students' Union was begun from the University of the Visual and Performing Arts and proceeded towards Colombo Fort.
Undergraduates at the protest were demanding the resumption of classes for students who were suspended over incidents of ragging.
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.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
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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