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Will take to streets against govt & security forces: Stalin

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Political parties and trade unions will organise a massive protest on November 2 against the alleged repression by the government and the security forces, Ceylon Teachers’ Union Secretary Joseph Stalin said.

He said the Samagi Jana Balawegaya, Sri Lanka Freedom Party, Tamil National Alliance, Frontline Socialist Party and other political parties, trade unions, organizations, students associations and civil activists will join the initiative.

He said the protest will be held urging the government to abolish the Prevention of Terrorism Act and not to obstruct the right to protest.

Mr. Stalin said the Constitution guarantees the freedom of expression and speech, and therefore, the police cannot be allowed to suppress the right to protest by using the archaic Police Ordinance.

(Mawbima)

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Gota’s national schools project, scrapped

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The government has decided to abolish the project launched under former President Gotabaya Rajapaksa to upgrade 671 provincial schools as national schools.

Under the project, each school was allocated Rs.02 million – totaling over Rs.1340 million – for emergency renovations and new national school name boards, with some costing over Rs.500,000.

Schools have now been instructed to remove these boards, along with the “National School” title, official seals, and letterheads, and revert to their previous identities.

The initiative aimed to increase the number of national schools to 329,000, but only 05 schools in the Western Province were converted.

Professor Kapila Perera, Secretary of the Ministry of Education at that time, now serves as Secretary to the Ministry of Transport and Highways.

(Source: Aruna)

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Gazette issued on 2026 Public & Bank Holidays

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The Government of Sri Lanka has officially declared the list of Public and Bank Holidays for the year 2026, through an Extraordinary Gazette issued on Tuesday, May 27, 2025.

The gazette issued is as follows : 

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Postal strike ends

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The Union of Postal and Telecommunications Officers says postal services will operate as usual today (May 31).

Secretary Manjula Jayasundara stated that striking union members returned to work from yesterday (May 30) afternoon, and distribution of over 2,000 delayed mail bags has begun.

This strike, launched over 10 demands including delays in recruitment, has reportedly drawn the attention of the relevant authorities.

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