Reopening of universities has been postponed by two weeks, Minister of Education Prof. G.L. Peiris announced today (22).
In an earlier announcement on April 19, the Minister said all universities across the island were to resume academic activities on April 27(Monday).
The Minister was speaking at the parliamentary session this morning, and said the decision to postpone the reopening of universities was reached taking into account the directives of the Director-General of Health Services.
Accordingly, vice chancellors have been instructed to reopen universities two weeks after April 27.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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