EMANTHI-NEWSBLOG: Aug 22, 2022

Monday, August 22, 2022

මවාපාන ආදර කථා දහස් ගණනකට වඩා එක් අව්‍යාජ ආදරයක ඇති වටිනාකම මිල කළ නොහැකිය (උපුටා ගැනීමකි )

President Wikramasinghe Given Approval To Detain Three Protestors For 90 Days

President Ranil Wikramasinghe had yesterday (22) given his approval as the Defense Minister to the detention of three Protesters for 90 days to question under the terrorism prevention act .despite the opposition of the western governments and European Union.

Accordingly, the President had given approval to the Police to detain the Convener of the Inter University Students Federation (IUSF) Wasantha Mudalige ,Hashantha Gunathilake and Venerable Galwela Sirdhamma Thero for 90 days to question .

The three protestors along with 16 others had been arrested during the Anti Government Protest march held in Colombo last Friday (19) over violating court orders .However, other 16 persons were released on bail later and the above three protesters are being further detained under the orders of the Ministry of Defense .

Meanwhile US Ambassador to Sri Lanka Julie Chang has stated in a message posted to her Twitter account that the Sri Lankan government is slowly destroying the country's democracy by using acts like terrorism prevention act which violates the human rights and requested the government to ensure the freedom of expression of the people .

All Universities To Be Resumed Academic Activities Next Month

All the universities which were closed down months back will be reopened for academic activities before the end of this September according to the University Grants Commission .

At the moment the academic activities of All the universities are being conducted through online and even after resuming academic activities lessons will be conducted through both Online and on sight modes the Chairman of the UGC Professor Sampath Amarathunge has stated .

After resuming Academic activities any student who wishes to continue lessons through Online can continue he had stressed .