The Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) said five scheduled office trains will not be running this evening (May 10), owing to the token strike action staged by Railway Station Masters.
Besides, all night mail trains apart from the Anuradhapura night mail train will be cancelled today.
Mr. Sumedha Somaratne, President of the Station Masters’ Association said that their demand was to replace the Deputy General Manager (Commercial) of Railways.
He said the token strike will continue until midnight today (May 10).
Passengers travelling on the railway line have been significantly inconvenienced due to the symbolic strike since midnight yesterday.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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