Former SL cricketer Dhammika Prasad goes on hunger strike
Colombo: Sri Lanka's former cricketer Dhammika Prasad on Friday began a 24-hour hunger strike against the government at the Galle Face Green in the national capital.
He said he would engage in a 24-hour hunger strike urging the leaders of this country to deliver justice to Easter Sunday attack victims, which had occurred on April 21, 2019, and people of Sri Lanka who are suffering from the current economic crisis, the Daily Mirror reported.
Prasad had also held a protest march last week from Katuwapitiya church to Kochchikade church urging the authorities to give justice to the victims of Easter Sunday attacks.
Sri Lanka is currently facing the worst-ever economic crisis sparking the people to took the street and stage demonstrations against the government.
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