The Railway Department announced that all night mail services scheduled for tonight have been cancelled due to the ongoing strike by the Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union.
The strike began yesterday with the union releasing a list of 16 demands around recruitment numbers, promotions and other allowances.
The Ministry has since released a statement claiming that the strike was “unjustified” as measures to implement some of the demands are underway at the moment.
Eight night mail journeys, including the Colombo–Badulla, Batticaloa–Colombo, Trincomalee–Colombo, and Jaffna–Colombo routes, have been affected. Several services were also impacted and cancelled this morning as a result of the strike.
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.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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