Trade Unions attached to the Inland Revenue Department and Excise Department called off trade union action scheduled for tomorrow and the following day following intervention by the State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya, trade union sources said.
The decision was taken after Minister Siyambalapitiya assured the unions to look into the grievances put forward by the outfits and find a solution to them at the earliest.
Accordingly, a meeting was held with the participation of representatives of the trade unions and a written undertaking was given by the government authorities as well, the sources said.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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