Sri Lankan troops today guarded mosques ahead of Friday prayers and stepped up security amidst a state of emergency in the country.
The 12-hour police curfew imposed in the Kandy administrative district at 6pm yesterday was lifted at 6am this morning.
While a heavy presence of security forces personnel and police is visible in the district, there have been no major incidents and the area remains calm, police stated.
Our photographer captured these images of members of the Bangladesh Cricket team currently in the island at Friday prayers at a mosque in Colombo.
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