Non-academic staff of government schools, in selected areas have reported sick leave today and tomorrow over a series of demands.
The trade union action is taking place in the North Central, and North Western provinces and Kandy District.
According to Education Non-Academic Employees’ Union General Secretary Ajith K. Thilakarathne they have failed to get a positive response from the government over their demands.
The Ministry of Education in a statement issued on Sunday said schools in all areas will function as normal today.
The Ministry has called for the support of parents and past pupil organisations to assist in maintaining school functions in areas where the strike is on.
I still remember the day of August 1947 floods, as it was the last school day at Kingswood College Kandy and the height the water soured. Water rose to the height of the Cross of the Chrurch at Getambe and the water was so high that it engulfed the Getambe Rajaponawarma Temple leaving only a few leaves of the Bo-tree visible.
The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) to investigate and submit a report over a complaint about the alleged illegal assets gained by model Piumi Hansamali.
Heritage properties are major tourist attractions world over. Sri Lanka is no exception in this matter. From Colombo, Galle, most of the mountain cities including Nuwara Eliya, Bandarawela, Hatton and Kandy and in the North, hundreds of heritage properties are spread across.
In his special statement, President Ranil Wickremesinghe announced that debt restructuring agreements will postpone all bilateral loan payments to foreign countries until 2028. Additionally, Sri Lanka will have until 2043 to repay these loans on concessional terms.
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