ANCL employees decry Western conspiracies: Massive protests were seen in many parts of the country yesterday too against the conspiracies hatched by the United States in connivance with several countries in the West .Employees of the Associated Newspapers of Ceylon Limited led by its Chairman and Managing Director,senior journalist Bandula Padmakumara and the management, staged a demonstration at the Lake House roundabout. The protesters denounced the external interference in the country’s internal affairs by the United States and the West. Here,the demonstration in progress. Picture by Nissanka Wijeratne

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