Estate workers assured of superannuation payments
Plantation industries minister Ramesh Pathirana said a cabinet paper would be submitted for the payment of EPF and ETF dues of workers in state-owned plantation companies.
Plantation industries minister Ramesh Pathirana said a cabinet paper would be submitted for the payment of EPF and ETF dues of workers in state-owned plantation companies.
As the exhumation into the suspected mass grave in the war affected Mullaitivu district is likely to take place on Thursday (6) as ordered by the local magistrate, fears and concerns among the Tamils continue to increase says Selvarajah Kajendran secretary of the Tamil National Peoples’ Front and Jaffna district MP has said.
The king of Thailand has granted financial support for the medical treatment of repatriated jumbo, Sak Surin.
Non Governmental Organizations (NGOs) have welcomed the Jana Sabha (People’s Council) concept and assured their support towards its implementation.
Investors from across the world are ready to invest in Sri Lanka if essential reforms are implemented to establish a favourable environment for investors, Foreign Affairs Minister Ali Sabri said.
By George Wright
BBC News
Administrative affairs of the police department have been affected in the absence of an IGP, as no successor has yet been appointed to C.D. Wickramaratne whose tenure ended nine days ago.
A court order has been issued for the commencement of excavations on July 06 at a site believed to be a mass grave in Mullaitivu.
Garment factories in the island run on less than 25 per cent of their capacity as a result of the economic crisis.
A distribution of ‘Kalama Sutta’ took place on Adi Esala full moon poya day yesterday (03) in a campaign in support of stand-up comedian Natasha Edirisooriya.