Major trade unions in the education sector were divided over a strike called by teachers today over a payment of arrears.
As a result, the strike action was only of partial success.
The Ceylon Teachers Union led by Joseph Stalin was among those opposed to the strike.
He said that the strike had been called at a time when part of the arrears had been paid and a solution was being reached on the issue.
However, in some of the outstations parents refrained from sending their children to school.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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