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Demonstrators break in shouting slogans against Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who has been moved for his safety.

However, despite mass protests and enduring public calls for the president to resign, he has so far refused. Images from the scene showed protesters flooding up the grand staircase of the colonial-era building chanting calls for the president to go. According to the defence ministry, Rajapaksa had been relocated from the house on Friday and taken into military protection over concerns that the planned protest would escalate.

Protesters broke into the Sri Lankan leader's official residence in Colombo on Saturday as more than 100000 amassed outside, according to police, ...

Schools have been suspended and fuel has been limited to essential services. A police curfew that was earlier imposed in several police divisions in the Western Province of Sri Lanka was lifted on Saturday. Several politicians and the Bar Association in Sri Lanka referred to the curfew as being "illegal," saying there had been no instances of violence to justify imposing the measure. At least 31 people, including two police officers, have been injured in the protests and are receiving treatment, according to the National Hospital of Sri Lanka (NHSL). Two of the injured are in critical condition, according to police.

Steve Smith finished on 145 not out as Australia's tailenders were dismissed in the first session on day two, with the Aussies all out for 364.

K Mendis is on 32 and has not provided a chance. Swepson over-pitched and Dimuth tried to whip the full toss to mid-wicket. Sri Lanka 1-65 at the break. And that’s tea. There’s nothing in the pitch or the ball at the moment... Sri Lanka have progressed to 1-68. He’s moved to 52 off 110. He’s only bowled two overs so far. He’s scored 41 from 96. Umpire stays with his call of not out. We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it.

Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo have broken through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence in ...

We will not stop until he listens to us," Mr Perera said. Despite a severe shortage of fuel that has stalled transportation services, demonstrators packed into buses, trains and trucks from several parts of the country to reach Colombo to protest against the government's failure to protect them from economic ruin. A Facebook live stream from inside the president's house showed hundreds of protesters, some draped in flags, packing into rooms and corridors, shouting slogan's against Mr Rajapaksa. Thousands of protesters also broke open the gates of the sea-front presidential secretariat, which has been the site of a sit-in protest for months, and entered the premises, TV footage showed. - At least 39 people, including two police officers have been injured and hospitalised in the protests Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo have stormed the president's official residence and his secretariat amid months of mounting public anger over the country's worst economic crisis in seven decades.

Colombo: Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka's commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president's official residence on ...

We will not stop until he listens to us,” Perera said. On the final day of the first Test and day one of the second, the fort ramparts were guarded, preventing any spectators from using it as a vantage point to watch the cricket. The anti-government protesters had been forcibly removed from the fort ramparts by authorities during the second day of the first Australia versus Sri Lanka Test. An Army spokesperson had claimed the demonstrators were ordered to move on so as not to distract Australia’s batters, but the touring side denied any knowledge of this request, or that the protesters had interfered with play. The protesters who arrived at the ground were hoping to commute to Colombo for the major march demanding the resignation of Sri Lanka’s president, only to be foiled by a lack of public transport. Colombo: Thousands of protesters in Sri Lanka’s commercial capital Colombo broke through police barricades and stormed the president’s official residence on Saturday in one of the largest anti-government marches in the crisis-hit country this year.