Minister Navin Dissanayake has said that a special allowance of Rs 50 will be given to plantation workers from May 1 onwards.
A proposal would be put forward in this regard during next week's cabinet meeting, the Minister of Plantation Industries said.
He made these remarks while addressing a press briefing at the parliamentary complex a short while ago.
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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