The Colombo Fort Magistrate yesterday turned down a request made by the police to issue an order to prevent a protest march in Colombo, organized by the Inter University Student Federation (IUSF).
The IUSF is to conduct a protest march today, at the culmination of its march from Kandy to Colombo. The march in Colombo is to begin from in front of the Fort Railway Station.
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.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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