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LocalProtests were held in Male demanding President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to leave the Maldives yesterday.Tags: Print EditionSri Lankans in Maldives have held a peaceful protest against the arrival of the country’s President Gotabaya…

LocalTags: Print EditionA youth who had participated in the protest opposite the Prime Minister’s Office died following a sudden illness. This person in question had been exposed to tear gas opposite the Prime Minister’s Office.…

LocalGayan Kumara WeerasingheTags: Print EditionPanadura SSP Samantha Wedage yesterday said that further investigations into the incident where SLPP MP Lalith Warnakumara had fired shots towards a house near Dombagoda army camp in the…

LocalTags: Print EditionPeople from many parts of the country flocked to see the President’s House in Colombo yesterday as well. Large crowds have been coming to Colombo to see the President’s House since protesters forcibly occupied…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Indian High Commission in Sri Lanka on Sunday categorically dismissed “speculative media reports” about New Delhi sending its troops to Colombo. “The High Commission would like to categorically deny…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Army on Sunday categorically denied having opened fire at the protesters but added soldiers fired a few rounds to the air and the sidewalls of the main gate entrance to the President’s House compound as a…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe Galle Face protesters yesterday said whatever the composition of the future Government, it should implement nothing but the objectives of the ‘struggle’. Social Activist Lahiru Weerasekera speaking at a…

LocalRanmali SomasiriTags: Print EditionParliamentarian Patali Champika Ranawaka said yesterday that the establishment of power from outside without the mandate of the people is completely anti-democratic. Therefore, Ranawaka suggested…

LocalTags: Print EditionThe fertilizer shipment with 44,000 metric tonnes of fertilizer, which is the first part of the 65,000 metric tonnes of urea fertilizer, arrived in Colombo on Saturday. The official delivery of the fertilizer…

COLOMBO (News 1st); Sri Lanka has imposed police curfew with effect from 9 PM today for several police divisions in the Western Province. This will be in effect until further notice. These areas are: Negombo DivisionKelaniya…