Students at the Eastern University gathered in large numbers at the Swami Vipulananda Campus, commemorating those who died in the war on the eighth anniversary of the last day of the armed conflict.
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The university's student union also took part in a blood donation drive at the Batticaloa Teaching Hospital.
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