Health sector unions held placards outside their respective hospitals yesterday (22) demanding the government to ensure the safety and welfare of junior health sector employees who are more exposed to COVID-19.
Among the demands were to reinstate the Rs.7500 risk allowance, declare the health sector a closed service (salary increases/allowances will not affect other state sector employees), to remove limitations on overtime work and to ensure safety of junior health workers.
(Pix by Akila Jayawardena and Hiran Priyankara Jayasinghe)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
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.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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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