Open University Student Stabbed Lecturer

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Currently Yashodara Kadhirathambi the injured law faculty sectional head  is undergoing a surgery.
The suspected student has unconscious & being treated at National hospital.
Police said student has stabbed 5 times to the female lecturer over law Assignment dispute. 
Tense situation reported at Open University of Sri Lanka OUSL in Nawala after Law faculty student attacked to a female lecturer in the same faculty. 
Student has stabbed repeatedly to lecturer using a knife. Female lecturer has admitted to the hospital with critical condition.
At the moment student has hidden inside a room in the faculty.
Awaits more .....

Foreign Bikkhus to A’pura Bikkhu University

It is planned to absorb foreign Buddhist Bikkhus to follow degree courses at the Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka Bikkhu University. They can study Buddhist studies, Pali, Sanskrit etc at the university.

Arrangements are in place to establish two academic faculties affiliated to the Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka University in China. This will improve relations with China, said Anuradhapura Buddhasravaka Bikkhu University Mahopadyaya (Vice Chancellor) Ven Professor Thumbulle Seelakkandha Nayaka Thera.

The new building complexes and the student Bikkhus' lodge will be commissioned by President Mahinda Rajapaksa on June 22. The government spent Rs 352 million for the buildings.

The prelate said in keeping with the Mahinda Chinthanaya, the University is hoisted to the position of a prestigious institute with international recognition.

He said the Bikkhu University housed in an old building complex in the sacred city of Anuradhapura was in the process of being shifted to a 13 acre land on the banks of Malwathu oya. The Thera said the estimated cost for the new university complex is Rs 1,300 million.

“It is our intention to bestow a well read, highly educated and well behaved young Bikkhu generation capable of propagating the teachings of Buddha in the country and world,” the Thera said.

The government spends Rs 350,000 for the maintenance of one student Bikkhu at the Buddhasravaka Bikkhu University annually whereas in other universities in the country it is threefold,” the Nayake Thera said.

He said the student capacity is 200 and it will be increased to 400.

Under the recruitment of foreign Bikkhu students, Bikkhus from Nepal, Bhutan, Thailand, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Tibet etc will be facilitated to follow degree courses at the Bikkhu University.

The Nayake Thera said the construction of the University's language studies faculty building will be completed soon along with the library building.

The construction of three more student hostels, Dhana sala, auditorium and shrine room will follow. CDN

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Sabaragamuwa University Student activist allowed to sit exam

The Supreme Court yesterday set aside the restriction imposed on a student union activist suspended from sitting for the the final examination for the third academic year in the Sanaragamuwa University and granted interim relief in allowing the applicant to sit for the examination.

The petitioner is Madawala Liyanage Sampath Kumara. The respondents cited are Vice Chancellor of the university and 18 others. The petitioner alleges that university authorities have imposed continuous restrictions on students union activities by way of arbitrary by laws. Furthermore , the university authorities have imposed restrictions on student meetings stipulating that such meetings could be held only once a week.

The petitioner prays for a writ of certiorari quashing the decision suspending him from the examination. Furthermore, to grant a writ of mandamus directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to sit for the examination. To issue an interim order directing the respondents to allow the petitioner to sit for the examination. Extract from DailyNews

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Colombo University female Student Died

Shashipaba Randimali Gunawardene female student of Colombo University who jumped off the fifth floor of a university building died while receiving treatment at the Colombo National Hospital.

The student had passed away at around 2.30am this morning (June 18), Hospital sources stated.

She was admitted to the Colombo National Hospital after jumping off the fifth floor of a university building last morning and was receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).

The student was a resident of Lunugamwehera and was a first year student of the Science faculty. She joined the university in May 2013, Police stated while she had jumped off the building at 9.30am yesterday. Police stated that the reason behind her action has not been ascertained yet. 

718 Sri Lankan University Lecturers Breached the bonds

The Auditor General's Department says that university lecturers who are engaged in academic activities overseas should pay a sum of Rs.644 million to the department for violating bond conditions.

The Auditor General, H.A.S. Samaraweera said that a total of 718 such lecturers have breached the bond conditions in the year 2010 and 2011.

Under bond conditions, lecturers who visit overseas universities to continue their education, have to serve in the country for a certain period.

H.A.S. Samaraweera said that the above information came to light following a audit investigation that was carried out.
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Ruhuna University students clashed - 6 injured

Six students have been injured in a clash between two student groups in the Ruhuna University. Police said the clash has taken place between the students of the finance and management faculties yesterday.

The Police said that an assaulted students have lodged a complaint with the Matara Police in this regard. No one has been arrested in connection with the incident so far.

Investigations have been launched to arrest the students responsible.
Those injured during the clash are currently receiving treatment at the hospital.

Sri Jayewardenepura University Lecturers to strike on behalf of sacked colleague

The teachers' union at Sri Lanka's Sri Jayewardenepura University has decided to initiate a trade union action demanding the reinstatement of a dismissed colleague.

The teachers' union which is affiliated to the Federation of University Teachers' Associations (FUTA) says the Senate of Sri Jayewardenepura University which will meet on June 13th needs to reinstate the sacked lecturer Anuruddha Pradeep Karnasooriya.

The union says that the administration of the university had sacked lecturer Anuruddha Pradeep on the grounds of not submitting his post graduate thesis on time while the dean of the Social Sciences Faculty verifies he has submitted within the time frame.

Karnasooriya, who was a probationary lecturer since 2005, was required to submit his Master's thesis within 8 years after joining the university and the deadline was March 9, 2013.

He has submitted his thesis on March 1, 2013 but the University Senate was informed the date of submission was March 20, 2013.

The FUTA says since Karnasooriya was a vociferous activist against Higher Education Minister S.B. Dissanayake's attempts to privatize the university education, the University senate has been pressured to terminate his employment.

Karnasooriya is an activist of the government coalition party Jathika Hela Urumaya but he campaigned against the private universities and participated in the salary struggle of the FUTA.

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