Sri Lankan Higher Education authorities decided
to close the Sabaragamuwa University indefinitely as students protested a visit
by the Minister of Higher Education to the university and disrupted a ceremony
to open a new hostel.
The police used water
cannons to disperse the students protesting the Higher Education Minister, S.
B. Dissanayake's visit to open the new hostel for female students.
The students staged a
protest at the Pambahinna Junction along the Badulla- Colombo Road, blocking
the Minister from entering the University.
They alleged that the
new hostel for the female students is not built according to proper standards
and it is incomplete. They said it is a corrupt contract.
The Minister at the
meeting threatened to take tough action against the protesting students.
However, none of the students participated in the opening ceremony.
The protesting
students waited at the entrance to the University for Minister's return
following the ceremony but the Minister had opted to leave the university
premises through a by-path.
Meanwhile a group of
female students forcibly entered the Sinharaja male hostel prompting
authorities to close the University indefinitely.
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