A 48-hour trade union action was begun by Postal employees including post masters island-wide from midnight yesterday.
The decision was reached based on several issues including the post masters not being granted permanent employment over several years.
Accordign to reports trade union action was resorted due to failed talks between officials regarding their issues.
Postal services will be disrupted in 653 post offices and over 40 mail exchanges island wide due to the strike. All post offices will be closed as all post masters will join the strike adding postal counter services, transport, collection and distribution will come to a halt.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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