The All Ceylon Nurses' Union held a protest today in front of the National Hospital in Colombo demanding that health authorities reintroduce the special leave facility afforded to pregnant nurses.
Pregnant nurses were earlier granted special leave from work owing to the COVIS-19 situation. Given the current increase in COVID cases throughout the country, the protesters demanded that this leave system be introduced. They also called on health authorities to grant a risk allowance to nurses who are working during the pandemic.
Pix by Akila Jayawardana
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.
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