A demonstration is currently underway at Galle Face Green, protesters are demanding the daily wages of estate workers be increased to Rs. 1000.
According to reports Estate workers from out station have joined in the demonstrations.
Demonstrations are being held in the backdrop of the lapsing of a joint agreement on estate workers' daily wages. The demonstration was launched following the failure in negotiations to enter into a new agreement.
Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa is due to vacate his official residence at Wijerama Mawatha, Colombo this morning, a Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) source said.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
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