Railway services are expected to be fully restored by tomorrow morning after a decision by the Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union to call off a four-day long strike.
The Transport Ministry today assured Sri Lanka Railway Locomotive Operating Engineers’ Union that they will expedite the recruitment of engine drivers and resolve the issue about promotions among other outstanding demands which prompted the strike.
Transport Minister Bandula Gunawardena presided over the discussions with the Union.
Among the demands are that the second-class promotions of locomotive drivers be expedited.
However, Ms K.de Silva, Additional General Manager (Administration) of the Department of Railways claimed that they had issued 57 promotion letters to the railway locomotive engineers by last Thursday (June 06) while 13 more have been delayed due to various issues including disciplinary investigations and failure to complete exams.
Meanwhile passengers faced severe inconvenience during the past four days due to the strike while one of the passengers had fallen off the train due to overcrowding of the trains.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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