Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services, Provincial Councils and Local Government J.J Ratnasiri told Timesonline that trade unionists have pointed out the retirement age of state employees should be 62 years.
He said the union representatives have discussed the matter with them in length.
However, during the budget speech delivered by Finance Minister Basil Rajapaksa it was said that the retirement age for state sector employees would be extended to 65 years.
Mr Ratnasiri said that the Ministry of Finance had the final say over the retirement age of public employees, and therefore was awaiting response from the ministry. Until then there would not be any change of the retirement age for public sector employees.
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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