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On a request made by the Fort Police., the Colombo Fort Magistrate has issued an order on a protest march by students of the Higher National Diploma (HND), banning them from entering certain roads in Fort, state institutions or damaging property and obstructing duties of Police. Despite the court order, Higher National Diploma (HND) students marched in protest towards the Bank of Ceylon Mawatha, on 21st May. To disperse the protest police used tear gas and water cannons. As per the court order demonstrators were prohibited from entering York Street, Bank Street, Chaithya Road, Lower Chatham Street, Leyden Bastian Road, Sir Baron Jayatilake Mawatha, Mudalige Mawatha, Hospital Road, and Canal Road in Colombo.

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