A work to rule campaign by three customs trade unions have been temporarily called off, President of the Customs Officers Union, J.G.A Sanjeewa said.
The decision to temporarily call off trade union action was taken following a meeting held with the president’s secretary and an Additional Secretary of the Finance Ministry.
Mr Sanjeewa claimed that during the meeting that they verbally acknowledged their demands were correct and assured they would be fulfilled.
The trade unionists are yet to discuss on a date to resume their trade union action if the authorities fail to fulfil their demands.
“We will wait for some days to see if the authorities fulfil our demands. We are expecting that the official letter would be sent to us tomorrow, that our demands would be fulfilled”, he said.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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