A proposed sick-leave campaign aimed at crippling rail services for 24 hours from midnight today (5th) in protest against a comment by Minister Wimal Weerawansa has been called off.
Locomotive Operative Engineers Indika Dodamgoda said that the proposed campaign was called off following meeting between trade union represetnatives and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The Prime Minister had promised to make a statement about the comments made by the Minister, he said.
He said that they accepted the pledge by the Prime Minister and decided to call off the trade union action.
Minister Weerawansa had claimed that railway employees were involved in drug trafficking. (By Mahinda Nissanka)
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.
Villagers in Nirmalapura, Daluwa, Norochcholai today staged a protest over an incident where a group of Navy officials and sailors had assaulted a resident in the area over night, Police said.
A passenger attempting to smuggle the largest quantity of gold of 35 kilo grams was arrested by the Customs at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) today, a senior official said.
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