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Saturday, December 29, 2018

Four Faculties of the Rajarata University had been closed down this morning (29) by the University Authorities untIl further notice due to the Protest launched by a group of students in the University by occupying the Administrative Building since last Thursday (27).

Accordingly Faculties of Social Sciences and Human Sciences, Manage ment,Applied Science and

All the Students residing in Hostels of the University had been instructed to vacate the premises before 10 a.m today (29) by the authorities .

The four Faculties of the University had been closed due to the inability of the authorities to carry out the administrative functions as a result of the Protest launched by a group of students according to the Vice Chancellor of the Rajarata University Professor Ranjith Wijewardane .

Although the four Faculties of the University had been closed a group of students still occupying the Administrative Building of the University by demanding to remove the class ban imposed on 16 students of the University it has been reported .

Twenty Four Line Houses Had Been Destroyed Due To A Fire

Twenty Four Line Houses in an Estate

in Hatton Police Division had been completely destroyed and Twenty four families lived there had been displaced as a result due to a sudden fire erupted in a Line House scheme in an Estate attached to Hatton Police Division this morning (29).

No one was injured due to the incident and the fire which erupted in a Line House and spread to other line houses had been doused by the fire brigade attached to Hatton -DiKoya Urban Council ,Hatton Police officers and Estate Workers .

The cause of the fire and the value of the damage occurred as a result of the fire have not yet been revealed.

Around 150 persons belonging to 24 families of the line houses are being displaced and they are due to be settled in a section of the estate
they are working temporarily .

Hatton Police are Conducting an investigation over the incident.

A Rugger Player Has Died And Two Others Injured Due To A Elevator Collapse

A 25 year old Rugger player attached to

CR and FC Rugger Club has died and two others had been injured and hospitalized after the elevator he was in attached to a Night Club in Nawam Road,Colombo -02 had collapsed to the ground floor whilst on the way from first floor to ninth floor in wee hours of this morning (29).

The two injured persons had been admitted to Colombo National Hospital for treatment. One of them has already discharged from the Hospital it has been revealed .

The deceased Rugger Player who was a resident of Thalangama North ,Battaramulla has died as a result of jumping out of the elevator when it collapsed. He was struck between the Elevator and wall due to the incident according to Police.

Twelve persons were in.the Elevator at the time of the incident.

Slave Island Police investigating over the incident had called a technical report of the Collapsing of Elevator.