28 April 2017 01:34 pm
They said 2,600 Police officers had been assigned to enforce law and order during the May Day, while another 1,500 Traffic Police Officers had been assigned to streamline rallies in Colombo and the suburban areas.
May Day rallies are scheduled to be held in the following places.
| Party | Place |
| Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) | Getambe Ground, Kandy |
| United National Party (UNP) | Campbell Park |
| Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) | Gall Face Green |
| Trade and Industrial Progressive Employees Union | Gall Face Green |
| Lanka Sama Samaja Party (LSSP) | Gall Face Green |
| Democratic Left Front | Gall Face Green |
| People's United Front | Gall Face Green |
| National Freedom Front (NFF) | Gall Face Green |
| Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) | BRC Ground |
| Ceylon Bank Employees Union (CBEU) | Stanley Jansz Grounds |
| Lanka Trade Industrial and General Labour Society | Stanley Jansz Grounds |
| Free Trade Zones Public Employees Association | Stanley Jansz Grounds |
| Eksath Kamkaru Sammelanaya | Stanley Jansz Grounds |
| United Socialist Party | Kosgas Junction Grandpas |
| Sri Lanka Communist Party | Viharamahadevi Open Air Theatre |
| Grama Niladahri Association | Public Library Auditorium |
| Samajawadi Samanatha Party | New Town Hall |
| Christian Labourers’ Brotherhood | St. Michael’s Church, Polwatte |
| Jathika Hela Urumaya | Bodiraja Mawatha, Pavement Hawkers Centre |
| Nava Sama Samaja Party | Gunasinghepura Grounds |
| Former First Lady Hema Preadasa and UNP | Keselwatte Premadasa Statue |
| Frontline Socialist Party | In front of the DIG office |
| Socialist Party | Jayantha Weerasekara Community Centre Hall, Maradana |
| Podujana Sith Meth Peramuna | Old Town Hall, Pettah |
(Chaturanga Pradeep and Thilanka Kanakarathna)