Employees of the Department of the National Zoological Gardens have commenced a one-day token strike citing issues over their benefits today (Sept 6).
Priyantha Wickramasinghe, Secretary of the Zoology Trade Unions Collective said that the authorities had not increased their benefits in line with their requests.
Accordingly, the unionist said that the strike is underway at the Dehiwala Zoological Gardens, Pinnawela Elephant Orphanage, and the Ridiyagama Safari Park.
Tamar Amitai, a 25-year-old Israeli tourist who went missing in Uppuveli, Trincomalee, was found safe after a three-day joint search operation today.
The Colombo High Court today (28) sentenced former parliamentarian Hirunika Premachandra to three years of Rigorous Imprisonment over charges of the involvement of an abduction.
President Ranil Wickremesinghe is firm about the President’s five-year tenure, the President’s Media Division (PMD) said.
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