The Higher Education Ministry has decided to appoint an additional officer to each state university vested with fresh powers to penalise students and initiate legal action in a renewed bid to curb ...

Following the tragic demise of a Sabaragamuwa University undergraduate, more than fifty articles have appeared in the media expressing views on various aspects of the barbaric tradition of ragging in ...

Colombo, May 28 (Daily Mirror) - The Bar Association of Sri Lanka, through its President Rajeev Amarasuriya and Secretary Chathura Galhena, has filed a fundamental rights petition before the Supreme ...

The Task Force to Prevent All Forms of Violence, including ragging, in universities that has been set up will be headed by Professor K L Wasantha, Vice Chairman of the University Grants Commission. It ...

Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya on Saturday vowed stringent action against ragging and violence in universities, declaring a policy of zero tolerance, while reaffirming the government’s ...

The University Grants Commission issued a show-cause notice to 89 institutions and placed them on the defaulter list for failing to comply with anti-ragging policies in 2009. Despite UGC advisories, ...

Colombo, June 24 (Daily Mirror) - A group of 22 students from Oluwil University have been suspended for allegedly ragging first-year students, Vice Chancellor Prof. S.M. Junaideen said. The university ...

The Mumbai University (MU) has formed a nine-member committee to tackle instances of ragging at colleges. The panel - headed by the varsity's vice-chancellor - will not only inquire into complaints, ...