Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Sri Lanka: CID interrogates four MPs about protester attacks

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Four Members of Parliament (MPs), including two former ministers, have been questioned by Sri Lanka Police’s Criminal Investigation Department (CID) over last week’s violence against protestors at two demonstration sites in Colombo, the country’s main city, according to local media. According to sources, a CID team arrived at the Parliament Complex on Wednesday to question … Read more

Police fire live rounds at protesters in Sri Lanka, causing curfew

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On Wednesday, Sri Lanka police in central town of Rambukkana enforced a curfew after anti-government rallies devolved into violence and cops shot live rounds at protestors, killing one and injured hundreds more. People across Sri Lanka have held protests since last month, demanding the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa due to increasing inflation, blocked imports of … Read more