Samaraweera and Sarath Weerawansa further remanded

Final decision on Rs. 1000 for estate workers by 25 June

A final decision on a request to increase the basic salary of estate workers to Rs. 1000 a day, will be reached on 25 June, the Prime Minister’s Office said today. A discussion was held yesterday (17.06.2020) with the Estate Owners? Organization with regard to the basic salary that is received by the estate workers and the issues that are currently faced by them. A request was made by the Secretary of the Ceylon Workers Congress Jeewan Thondaman and Deputy Chairman of the Congress Senthil Thon

18 Jun, 2020

Japanese funded light rail project suspend for renegotiation

Japanese funded Light Rail Transit (LRT) system project from Malabe has been temporarily suspended, the Government announced today. Cabinet spokesman Bandula Gunawardena said that the project has been suspended to be reviewed and renegotiated. He said that it was found that the project had been negotiated by the former Government for a high cost. The Minister said that the current administration is looking at cutting costs and taking forward projects more productive for the public. He said t

19 Jun, 2020

More Sri Lankans return from Australia, Japan and UK

More Sri Lankans returned from Australia, Japan and the United Kingdom today, the military said. Military Spokesman Brigadier Chandana Wickremasinghe said that 98 Sri Lankans returned from Melbourne, Australia. He also said that three Sri Lankans returned from Japan and four others returned from London. Wickremasinghe said that the Sri Lankans had returned to the country on special flights operated by SriLankan Airlines. All the returnees were subjected to PCR tests and will then be sent to

19 Jun, 2020