By: AswathyNair
An island-wide curfew was imposed today in order to facilitate officers of the security forces who are on leave to report back to their respective camps, the President’s Media Division said.
It said the curfew in other districts except for the districts of Colombo, Kalutara, Gampaha and Puttalam will be lifted at 5.00am on Tuesday (28) and will be re-imposed at 8.00pm on the same day.
State organisations including Departments, Corporations and Boards as well as factories, construction enterprises, offices, vegetable and fish stalls and retail outlets belonging to the private sector are permitted to function after the curfew was relaxed on next Tuesday morning at 5.00 a.m, the government has announced.