Parliament to convene for five days next week

Estate trade unions warn plantation companies?

By Easwaran Rutnam ? Estate trade unions have warned plantation companies of serious repercussions if the companies decide to withdraw from the collective agreement signed between trade unions and Regional Plantation Companies (RPC). Senthil Thondaman, Vice Chairman of the Ceylon Workers? Congress (CWC) and coordinating Secretary to Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa, said that estate workers are prepared to hit back if RPCs withdraw from the collective agreement. Thondaman told Daily Mirror th

09 Mar, 2021

China wants Hambantota Industrial Zone to get off the ground

China wants the proposed Hambantota Industrial Zone to get off the ground. Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of China Luo Zhaohui said that the Chinese Foreign Ministry will proactively support efforts to increase Chinese tourism to Sri Lanka and more businesses, including SOEs, to invest in the Colombo Port City and the Hambantota Industrial Zone. The Vice Minister acknowledged that it was time for these two Chinese supported ventures to get off the ground. He expressed these views when he me

09 Mar, 2021

President orders to ensure no influence in vaccination process

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has issued instructions to the authorities to ensure there is no political influence in the Covid vaccination process. Cabinet co-spokesman Minister Ramesh Pathirana told reporters today that the vaccination programme had commenced at high risk areas, such as Colombo and Gampaha. He said no one has the right to use political influence to obtain vaccines for themselves, or their associates. Minister Ramesh Pathirana urged health officials not to succumb to such pre

09 Mar, 2021