The cabinet of ministers has granted approval to increase the wages of estate workers by Rs 50.
This was following a proposal put forward by Plantation Industries Minister Navin Dissanayake during yesterday's cabinet meeting.
Accordingly, the government has decided to allocate Rs 1.2 billion in order to implement the increase in wages.
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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