The Public Administration and Management Ministry has decided to grant up to one year No- Pay Leave for Female Public Officers to obtain fertility treatments.
In a circular issued recently, Ministry Secretary J.J. Rathnasiri informed Secretaries to Ministries, Chief Secretaries of Provinces and Heads of Departments that the Cabinet of Ministers has decided to revise the Establishments Code to include this benefit to women employees.
“No-pay leave to be spent in or out of the Island shall be approved for a maximum period of one year (01) for female Public Officers to obtain treatments for sub fertility on the recommendations of a Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist,” the circular said.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
The Government of Sri Lanka maintains that the allegation of genocide during the final phase of the conflict in Sri Lanka is unsubstantiated by any credible authority, either nationally or internationally, and is based on misleading information. Sri Lanka firmly rejects this false narrative and believes it has been propagated primarily for electoral gains within Canada.
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