The retirement age of some 1.1 million public servants may be raised to 63 in keeping with worldwide trends and the increase in life expectancy of Sri Lankans,Pensions Director K.A. Thilakaratne said yesterday.
At least 45 people were wounded, some critically, when a time-bomb exploded at Olcott Mawatha in Pettah shortly after noon yesterday, police and hospital sources said.
They said the bomb had been concealed close to a pavement stall selling wristwatches a few metres away from the Bo Tree at Pettah and it exploded around 12.15 p.m. while hundreds of people were at the busy junction.
