A female student of the law faculty of the Colombo University died this morning at the National Hospital after contracting dengue.

She was admitted to the Colombo General Hospital on June 4.

All lectures and exam related activities at Art, Management and Law faculties of the Colombo University have been temporarily postponed till Monday (June 10) due to a dengue outbreak at the university.

Several dengue mosquito hotbeds were located within the university following an inspection carried out by the Health Department of the Colombo Municipal Council (CMC).