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Tag: protest

Customs officers to launch sick-leave protest
LOCAL

Customs officers to launch sick-leave protest

Customs Officers Association has decided to launch a trade union action to protest the failure of the government to provide…

byFaraz Shauketaly27/09/2018
Heavy traffic in parts Colombo due to multiple protests
LOCAL

Heavy traffic in parts Colombo due to multiple protests

Maitland Place in Colombo has been blocked for traffic due to a protest near the Ministry of Public Administration, resulting…

byFaraz Shauketaly12/09/2018
Two protestors arrested for damaging Puttalam landfill construction site
LOCAL

Two protestors arrested for damaging Puttalam landfill construction site

Wanathawilluwa Police have apprehended two persons over the damaging of property of the landfill under construction in Arukkalu-Wanathawilluwa. Nearly 1000…

byFaraz Shauketaly10/09/2018
Jana Balaya Colombata concludes; all roads clear
LOCAL

Jana Balaya Colombata concludes; all roads clear

The Jana Balaya Colombata protest and rally organized by the Joint Opposition which assembled masses to Colombo yesterday (05), has…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/09/2018
MR pledges comeback
LOCALMain Story

MR pledges comeback

By Chathuri Dissanayake Nearly 3,000 loyalists of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday occupied the Lake House Roundabout in Fort and…

byFaraz Shauketaly06/09/2018
700 buses set off from Kurunegala for ’Jana Balaya’ rally
LOCAL

700 buses set off from Kurunegala for ’Jana Balaya’ rally

Seven hundred buses representing the Kurunegala district have already left for Colombo carrying participants to the ‘Jana Balaya Colombata’ protest…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/09/2018
Jana Balaya Colombata: Main rally at Lake House Roundabout
LOCALTOP STORY

Jana Balaya Colombata: Main rally at Lake House Roundabout

The Joint Opposition has decided to stage the main public rally of its protest campaign “Jana Balaya Colombata” at the…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/09/201805/09/2018
Presidential Secretariat assigned police protection
LOCAL

Presidential Secretariat assigned police protection

Police protection has been installed surrounding the Presidential Secretariat due to the Jana Balaya protest rally of the Joint Opposition.…

byFaraz Shauketaly05/09/2018
Ward Place closed due to students’ protest
LOCAL

Ward Place closed due to students’ protest

Ward Place in Colombo has been closed for traffic from Town Hall due to a protest by university students. The…

byFaraz Shauketaly21/08/2018
Justice Minister not taking hasty measures to resolve women prisoners’ protest
LOCALTOP STORY

Justice Minister not taking hasty measures to resolve women prisoners’ protest

Minister of Justice and Prison Reforms, Thalatha Athukorala says she will not instruct to hasten the process in response to…

byFaraz Shauketaly14/08/2018

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