The Government said today that estate workers will receive a daily minimum wage of Rs 1000 from April.
Minister of Plantations Dr Ramesh Pathirana announced the move in Parliament today in reply to a question raised by MP Varuna Liyanage. Minister Pathirana noted that though several parties had gone to court against the decision to increase the daily wage of estate workers to Rs 1000, the court decision handed down yesterday has now paved the way for the daily wage to be increased to Rs 1000.
He described te court decision on the minimum wage of estate workers as a great victory.
Estate workers have long campaigned for their daily wage to be increased to Rs 1000, and the move comes after many protests and several island-wide strikes launched by estate sector unions.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
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Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
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