All railway employees have been instructed to report to work as their leaves have been cancelled after railways was declared an essential service, Railways General Manager Dilantha Fernando said.
Mr. Fernando said any railway employee who does not report to work will be considered to have vacated their posts.
The Presidential Secretariat issued a gazette last night declaring Railways as an essential service, in the backdrop of an ongoing indefinite strike action by employees.
The law states that any attempt to disrupt an essential service will be considered as an offence.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
An interim order prohibiting Deshabandu Tennakoon from carrying out his duties as Inspector General of Police (IGP) has been issued by the Supreme Court.
The Presidential election will be held on September 21, the Commission of Elections has decided.
The former leader of the New Sama Samaja Party (NSSP) and the New Left Front and well-known figure in left-wing politics in Sri Lanka, Dr. Wickramabahu Karunaratne, passed away at the age of 81.
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