Sri Lanka, March 19 -- Police fired water cannon and tear gas to disperse a protest march organized by the Inter-University Students Federation in front of the University Grants Commission this afternoon.

The protest was jointly organised with the students of Sabaragamuwa University against curtailing the student enrolment to Sabaragamuwa University.

Meanwhile, Medical Faculty-student activists staged a protest march against the Health Minister for his intervention to provide internships to SAITM graduates.

In addition, a group of students attached to the campuses of the Ratmalana University of Technology also engaged in protests in front of Nipunatha Piyasa in Narahenpita.

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