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UN concerned over violence during economic crisis protest; calls for restraint

United Nations Sri Lanka has expressed concern over reports of violence in the country, resident coordinator Hanaa Singer-Hamdy said on Friday (01), after a massive protest outside President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence over Sri Lanka’s prevailing economic crisis turned violent.
In a tweet posted Friday afternoon, Singer-Hamdy called for restraint from all groups. The Tweet said: “We are monitoring developments and are concerned by reports of violence in #SriLanka. Calling for restraint from all groups.”
The government of Sri Lanka has accused “extremist” elements affiliated with opposition parties of hijacking the protest and turning it violent — an allegation contested by some of the protestors.
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Hundreds fired at aviation safety agency, union says
The Trump administration has begun firing hundreds of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) employees, according to the Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (PASS) union, weeks after a fatal mid-air plane collision in Washington DC.
Several hundreds of the agency’s probationary workers – who have generally been in their positions for less than a year – received the news via email late on Friday night, a statement from PASS’s head, Alex Spero said.
It is a part of a cost-cutting drive, driven by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (Doge)., that aims to drastically cut the federal workforce.
Spero called the firings “shameful” and said they “will increase the workload and place new responsibilities on a workforce that is already stretched thin”.
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The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar extended

The term of Acting President of the Court of Appeal Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar has been extended.
Accordingly, Justice Mohammed Thahir Laffar took his oath before President Anura Kumara Disanayake at the Presidential Secretariat on Monday (17). Secretary to the President Dr. Nandika Sanath Kumanayake was also present on this occasion.
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