The Wages Board is due to be convened on Monday to discuss the salary increase for plantation workers, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today.
He made the statement addressing the Kandy District Plantation Labour Unions and Youth Leaders meeting.
The decision on the 1,700-rupee Salary Increase for plantation workers is expected to be reached next Monday.
The President also announced that workers' welfare funds, which have been neglected for many years, will be paid starting next year.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
Sri Lanka’s largest renewable energy project, the ‘Rvidanavi’ Solar Power Park project was launched in Siyambalanduwa today by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake.
The Presidents’ Entitlements (Repeal) Bill was passed by a majority of 150 in parliament today. However the opposition MP’s were absent during the voting.
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