Cabinet has approved a proposal to provide a grant of Rs. 2.5 million on humanitarian basis for the welfare of the wife and children of Priyantha Kumara, the Sri Lankan factory manager who was brutally murdered by a mob in Sailkot, Pakistan on December 3.
The proposal was tabled by Minister of Labour Nimal Siripala De Silva.
The Government Information Department noted that the funds will be provided by the Employees' Welfare Fund of the Bureau of Foreign Employment on humanitarian basis for the wife and children of Mr Kumara, who were devastated due to his death and considering his extensive contribution to the Sri Lankan economy over a period of eleven years as a migrant worker.
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