Gunasekera steps down as Communist Party General Secretary

Minimum daily wage of plantation workers increased

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has decided to increase the minimum daily wage of plantation workers with effect from March 01, 2020. Accordingly plantation workers will be granted a minimum daily wage of Rs 1,000. The minimum wage was increased to Rs. 750 by the former Government despite demands to increase it to Rs. 1000. Plantation companies refused to increase the wage to Rs. 1000 saying they could not afford it.

14 Jan, 2020

China offers to make Sri Lanka economically independent

China has offered to help Sri Lanka become economically independent and continue to standby Sri Lanka?s interests. President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi that Sri Lanka is geographically placed in a most strategic location and as a result, the country has to face many political challenges. He said that the only way to overcome them is to be economically strong and that economic independence will ensure political independence. Minister Yi, in his response s

14 Jan, 2020

World report warns human rights gains in Sri Lanka in grave peril

Respect for fundamental human rights in?Sri Lanka?is in serious jeopardy following Gotabaya Rajapaksa?s election as president in November 2019, Human Rights Watch said today in its?World Report 2020. Rajapaksa, along with his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, who was named prime minister, were implicated in numerous human rights violations during their previous years in power from 2005 to 2015, which included a crackdown on journalists and activists. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, who then served as defense secr

15 Jan, 2020