The All Island Transport Workers Union (AITWU) has written to the President seeking a Rs 10,000 festival allowance for Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) employees in lieu of the Avurudu season.
The letter to President Maithripala Sirisena notes that SLTB employees had previously received only Rs 5000 as a festival allowance.
However, the Union claims that the employees of the Railway Department which also fall under the purview of the Transport Ministry, receive a festival allowance of Rs 10,000 per year.
Accordingly, the AITWU called on President Sirisena to grant a festival allowance of Rs 10,000 to SLTB employees as well.
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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