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.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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