The Government has agreed to pay the estate workers an increase in wages by Rs 50. Plantation Minister Navin Dissanayaka told reporters on Wednesday that the government has agreed with government-backed unions on this wage hike after concluding discussions. This wage hike will be given as a budget proposal for one year.
Funds for this payment would be made by the Government as a loan to the Tea Board, the minister said. Ministers P. Digambaram, Mano Ganeshan and R. Radhakrishnan have pushed for the increased wages above the recently-concluded collective agreement.
The government would be allocating Rs. 1.2 billion for this purpose. The cabinet paper in this regard will be submitted in about two weeks. (Sunimalee)
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
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Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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