The police removed the curfew after challenge from the opposition parties, rights activists.
Thousand of protesters broke police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence.
Protesters wearing helmets and waving Sri Lankan flags broke into the President’s residence, local TV news NewsFirst reported. The police removed the curfew after challenge from opposition parties, rights activists and the bar association
A top government source told NDTV that the President has been shifted to Army Headquarters last night.
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The Harbour Master confirmed that two Sri Lankan Navy ships SLNS Sindurala and SLNS Gajabahu left from the Colombo Port amid protests in crisis-hit Sri Lanka.
Protesters broke into Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s house, a top government source told NDTV that the President was shifted to the Army Headquarters last night.
For the first time, several Sri Lankan military personnel joined protesters against President Gotabaya Rajapaksa. Protesters broke police barricades and entered Sri Lankan President’s official residence.
According to reports, protesters were cooking food in the kitchen at Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence. Earlier visuals emerged where protesters were seen swimming in the pool in the President’s residence.
Sixteen MPs from President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s party Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna have requested an immediate resignation of the President.
The crisis has worsened in the island nation after the protesters broke into Rajapaksa’s official residence. According to sources, the President was shifted to the Army Headquarters last night.
Visuals have emerged showing a group of protesters entering the swimming pool inside the President’s house.
Protesters broke police barricades and entered President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence.
Visuals have emerged which show protesters with Sri Lankan flags entering the swimming pool in President’s residence. They were seen jumping and swimming in the pool.
Protesters forced railway authorities in Sri Lanka to operate trains to Colombo for a rally on Saturday, officials said.
The police withdrew the curfew that placed after challenge from the opposition parties, rights activists and the bar association.
Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe has summoned an emergency Party Leaders meeting to discuss a resolution to the situation in the country. He is also requesting that the Speaker summons Parliament, the Prime Minister’s Office said.