The GotaGoGama was rebuit this evening after the site was attacked and vandalised by pro-government goons yesterday. A protest organised by the Trade Union Alliance paraded to the GotaGoGama and provided food for the people who were staying at the site. Pix by Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
The Colombo City and Gampaha looks calm and the streets are deserted as island-wide curfew was clamped down yesterday until 7.00 am on Wednesday. Six people have been reported died and nearly 200 injured. The nation plunged into chaos after a group of government supporters attacked the peaceful protesters opposite Temple Trees and at Galle Face on Monday. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana and Kushan Pathiraja
Security was tightened yesterday in Colombo as the picture shows debris were strewn everywhere as a result of violent clashes between pro and anti government supporters on Monday. Around six people died and more than 200 injured in the skirmishes. Pix by Kithsiri de Mel and Nimalsiri Edirisinghe
General Shavendra Silva, Chief of Defence Staff and Commander of the Army today graced an inaugural occasion as the Chief Guest to handed over Park for Sports, Recreation and Education Support to the local in Jaffna. The constructions of the park were carried out by the the 51 Division HQ of the Security Force HQ-Jaffna in line with the ’Army Way Forward Strategy-2020-2025’.
A group of protestors gathered outside UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe’s house in 5th Lane in Colombo today morning, with protestors calling on him to stay home. The protestors gathered after allegations by TNA MP Shanakiyan Rasamanickam in Parliament this week saying Ranil was seen persuading opposition MPs to vote for the government backed Ranjith Siyambalapitya in the Deputy Speaker election.
Protests were held in Colombo to extend support the countrywide hartal held today vociferously demanding the present government to quit. Pix by Waruna Wanniarachchi, Pradeep Dilrukshana, Nimalsiri Edirisinghe, Pradeep Pathirana, Nisal Baduge and Kushan Pathiraja
A group of protesters hung underwear on the barricades that were put up near the Parliament roundabout. One protester was seen wearing a loin cloth and others with underwear suspended on strings tied around their loins. They chanted slogans saying ’’this is all we are left with.’’ Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
The Joint Trade Union Front and several other trade unions in the government, semi-government and private sectors organised a hartal where they cooked a ‘mala batha’ while urging the Gotabaya Rajapaksa regime to quit and go home. Pix by Kithsiri De Mel
Thousands of Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) activists, who tried to break through two steel barricades manned by hundreds of policemen at the Polduwa Junction to block entry into the Parliament Road, were tear gassed and then attacked with water cannon last evening. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana
Members of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) from Moratuwa and Colombo Universities staged a protest march from Rajagiriya to Parliament today. However, the police prevented them from approaching Parliament. Pix by Pradeep Dilrukshana
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