Campus closed as student killed

Educational activities of all the faculties of the Eastern University have been suspended until further notice after a student was shot dead on Thursday night.
Pasan Samarasinghe, 27, a final year student at the Commerce Faculty in Wantharamulla, Batticaloa, was shot dead in mysterious circumstances at the hostel compound.
There was a intermittent power shortage at the time of the incident, residents said.