by Suresh Perera The raging Covid-19 pandemic has dealt a heavy blow to trade and business across the board with industry players describing the lull as “unprecedented” this festive season. The crux of the matter was that people dreaded to venture out in fear of the lurking virus, which translated into shopping for Christmas and […]
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The Supreme Court yesterday (23) dismissed without hearing a fundamental rights petition filed by a group of students seeking an interim injunction suspending admission to engineering and science faculties based on recently released Z-score rankings.
The petitions were filed by 42 students who passed the GCE Advanced Level Examination in 2019 under the new syllabus.
The ruling was given by the SC yesterday having examined the petition over a period of three days. The bench comprised Justices Buweneka Aluvihare, S. Thurairaja and Yasantha Kodagoda.
Chairman of the bench Justice Aluvihare announced that the decision to reject the petition was taken by the majority of justices.
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Highways Minister Johnston Fernando yesterday said that the one-kilometre extension of the Marine Drive from the Colpetty Railway Station to the Hotel Ranmuthu would be resumed on Jan 1 and completed within 60 days.
There is a 300m stretch of the road to be completed, near the US Embassy, and work thereon would commence on 01 Jan. 2021, the Minister said.
Speaking to the media after an inspection tour to the site, Minister Fernando said that when the work was completed the Marine Drive would have a tunnel and an overhead bridge connecting the railway station.
“President Gotabaya Rajapaksa wants this work completed expeditiously to reduce traffic congestion on the Galle Road. The work was suspended due to security concerns with regard to the stretch of the road across the premises of the US Embassy. I met Embassy officials and the matter was sorted out. The work will resume on Jan 01.