All state universities will re-open for academic activities from today (Oct 14) after a 33-day long strike by non-academic staffers which ended last Friday.
L.D.J Richmond, Media Secretary of the Joint University Employees Trade Union Organisation, said that the strike had been called off after officials had pledged to resolve their issues.
The strike had been based on salary anomalies.
Mr. Richmond added that all weekend courses at state universities will also resume this week.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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