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Sabaragamuwa students win battle
By Jayashika Padmasiri
Following hours of negotiations, the government yesterday agreed
to relocate the Sabaragamuwa faculty of Applied Sciences from Buttala
to Belihuloya.
Inter University Students’ Federation (IUSF) convener Duminda
Nagamuwa told The Bottom Line that Minister Jeyaraj Fernandopulle
had settled the matter in parliament by deciding to shift the Faculty
of Sciences from Buttala to Belihuloya by March 15 next year.
Negotiations, initiated at around 1.00 p.m. in parliament, went
on till evening with Ministers Fernandopulle, Pavithra Wanniarachchi,
Sumedha G. Jayasena and Presidential Advisor Basil Rajapaksa negotiating
with Nagamuwa. University Grants Commission (UGC) Chairman Prof.
Gamini Samaranayaka and Vice Chancellor Prof. R. Mahaliyanarachchi
were also present during the negotiations.
“If the government fails to keep its promise, then we will
return to protests,” he warned.
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