Pakistan Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua to visit Sri Lanka

Plantation companies submit fresh proposals to end wage dispute

Sri Lanka?s Regional Plantation Companies (RPCs) have handed over fresh proposals which they claim are aimed at radically expanding worker earnings. The fresh proposals come as trade unions continue to push for a daily wage of Rs. 1000 for plantain workers. The fresh proposals have been handed over to the Minister of Labour and trade union leaders. The newly introduced proposal provides for a hybrid between the daily wage model and the productivity-linked earning systems implemented with grea

23 Dec, 2020

Work on in full swing for India’s first arch rail bridge in J&K

Work on India’s first cable-styled bridge, also called the Anji bridge, is in full swing in Jammu and Kashmir’s Raesi district. When it is completed, the bridge is being touted as one of the engineering marvels of the Indian Railways. According to Northern Railway officials, the work on the Anji Bridge, which is coming up on the Udhampur-Srinagar-Baramulla Rail Link (USBRL) section of Northern Railway in Jammu and Kashmir is in full swing. The bridge is being built on the Katra-Banihal railway

23 Dec, 2020

Fifteen year old leukaemia patient latest coronavirus victim in Sri Lanka

A 15-year-old leukaemia patient has become the latest coronavirus victim in Sri Lanka. The child was receiving treatment for leukaemia at the Apeksha Hospital in Maharagama. He was transferred to the Infectious Disease Hospital (IDH) in Angoda after testing positive for the coronavirus. The child died at the IDH hospital in Angoda today. The Government said that the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in Sri Lanka rose to 183 this evening. The leukaemia patient was among two coronaviru

22 Dec, 2020