Trade unions in the state sector including electricity, petroleum, health and postal unions will launch trade union action today (8).
Unions of Ceylon Electricity Board and Ceylon Petroleum Corporation will report sick and take part in demonstrations to be held in Colombo today afternoon.
Post offices will remain closed today due to the postal union strike, said Joint Postal Union’s Convenor Chinthaka Bandara.
Eighteen health sector unions including nurses, paramedics, public health officers and complimentary medical staff will launch a 24-hour strike provincial wise with health workers in Northwestern province going on strike today, said Government Nursing Officers’ Association President Saman Ratnapriya
Health workers in Central province will launch a strike tomorrow and in Uva province on Friday over seven demands including salary anomalies, demanding the government to increase the special allowance and fix irregularities in promotions.
Ayurveda hospital staff too will go on strike today.
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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