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Sri Lanka te strike, President laga resignation  demand

Colombo, 28 April: Thursday te Sri Lanka te general strike hoise. Desh te economic dekthari nemite President Gotabaya Rajapaksa aro tai laga family members resign koribole demands othise.

22 million manu laga island desh te moina-moina nemite food, fuel aro medicines kami para dekthari lok paise aro etu para protests howa hoise. Thursday laga strike toh agae par thakise pura desh te demonstrations suru bechae para rokhai kena thaka bechite.

Police aro regional officials para public transport toh rokha thakise, school attendance nama thakisea ro dukkha aro offices khan bondh thakise koise.

President Rajapaksa toh Friday te political party leaders logote dekthari te kotha koribole lok koribole ase. Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, Gotabaya’s elder brother aro ekta former two-term president para Wednesday te dekthari opor te tai fired nakoribole kowa thakise.

Colombo’s main commercial area of Pettah te, wholesale traders’ shops toh bondh thakise aro kaam kora khan march chanting te meli ja thakise. Tai khan president ke refer kori kena Gota khor jabi. Gota khor jabi hala kora thakise.

100 opor trade unions, konbah Rajapaksas’ ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) party te affiliated be general strike te mela thakise. Tai khan president, prime minister aro tusara senior officials resign nemite demand kori thakise.

Ekta police official kon situation te shai thakise kobole monn nahoi kena AFP te aji toh toh desh te ekta public holiday nesana ase koise. Hospitals para khali emergency cases te treat kori ase koise.

Residents aro local media para desh te vegetable markets bondh thakise aro desh laga tea plantations, ekta main export gama, be bondh thakise koise.