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New insurance scheme for Lankan foreign employees to be introduced
The Cabinet of Ministers granted approval this week to introduce a new insurance scheme for Sri Lankan foreign employees considering the lapses in the existing scheme and coverage from the global pandemic.
Under the current Overseas Labor Insurance Coverage introduced by the Foreign Employment Bureau for Sri Lankan workers, the employees are paid compensations subject to a maximum of Rs 600,000 in case of death of an employee and Rs 400,000 in case of total disability.
However, the Cabinet memorandum stressed that these employees have no coverage for various industrial and domestic accidents in the workplace, access to medical care for mental and health problems due to various illnesses and harassment by employers as well as job losses due to the global pandemic.
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Flt Lt Kasun Cumaratunga , more than a pilot, a guardian remembered on his 37th death anniversary
Kasun, was born in 28th Sept 1964, the grandson of the legendary author and linguist Munidasa Cumaratunga and son of SSP Bindu Kumaratunga and Winifred
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National Tax week launched
The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.
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SriLankan Airlines’ new A330 Fleet to perform low fly past over Colombo on Wed.
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Krishanthi Kumaraswami convicts FR dismissed by SC
The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.
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SriLankan flight grounded in Indonesia
A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.
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