<span style="color: #222222;">In Sri Lanka, shoot a sight order has been issued after protests against the government intensified. Defence Ministry has ordered the tri-forces to open fire on anyone looting public property or causing harm.<br />''<br />''The nationwide protests against the government have intensified over the past few days resulting in an increase in incidents of clashes with the security forces deployed at protest sites. Protestors are resorting to burning houses of ministers and MPs. Anti-government protesters also set on fire the official residences of Sri Lanka's Moratuwa Mayor Saman Lal Fernando and the MPs Sanath Nishantha, Ramesh Pathirana, Mahipala Herath, Thissa Kuttiarachchi and Nimal Lanza.<br />''<br />''Former Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and some of his family members have been shifted to Trincomalee Naval Base.</span><br />