The training period for 60,000 graduates who were enrolled in the public service is to be extended by six months, officials said.
Accordingly Cabinet approval is to be sought to implement the decision.
Approval will be sought to recognise the vacancies in ministries and departments and implement the programme of assigning the recruits to the relevant institution.
Government plans to assign 18,000 of these trainees for teaching.
The training period was officially due to end this month.
The trainees are currently paid a Rs 20,000 allowance.
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.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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