Estate workers will receive a total of Rs 800 as a daily wage, Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera said at a media briefing a short while ago.
"The wage which stood at Rs 700 was increased upto Rs 720 following the signing of the collective agreement. However, state workers would now receive a total of Rs 800 inclusive of EPF and ETF deductions," he said.
Further, estate workers will receive a daily allowance of Rs 50 from April onwards.
This decision was made following talks which were held along with Tamil Progressive Alliance (TPA) parliamentarian Mano Ganesan, MP Digambaram and V. Radhakrishnan.
All Ceylon Makkal Congress MP Ali Sabri Raheem had been arrested by Kalpitiya police after he surrendered to the police today morning.
Senior DIG Nilantha Jayawardena has been sent on compulsory leave pending disciplinary investigation over his failure to prevent the Easter Sunday bombings.
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 22nd amendment to the constitution dealing with the term of the President has been gazetted by order of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
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