Teachers of 102 schools in the Welimada Educational Zone today staged a protest in Welimada town against the government’s decision to give employees’ commuted pension as a bank loan according to a circular issued on 2014. Pix by R. Kogulan
Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) employees today staged a protest in front of the CEB Head Office in Colombo urging the authorities not to interfere in their labour union rights and over several other demands including the immediate payment of salary increments. Pix by Samantha Perera
UNP General Secretery Tissa Attanayake and his SLFP counterpart, Minister of Health Maithripala Sirisena, are seen in conversation with Imtiyaz Bakeer Markar, at the launch of a book written on the life of the late politician T. B. Jayah, ‘Deshapremaye Kedapatha’ at Zahira College, Colombo today. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja
The 18th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) of the Food and Agriculture Organization got off the ground in Colombo today at the Bandaranaike International Memorial Conference Hall (BMICH. The conference will be held till June 5. Pix by Kushan Pathiraja.
UNP MP Ranjith Madduma Bandara marked his 25 years in politics yesterday at a ceremony at the public library auditorium in Moneragala. Speaker Chamal Rajapaksa, UNP leader Ranil Wickremesinghe, UNP leadership council Chairman Karu Jayasuriya and MP Sajith Premadasa were present at the felicitation ceremony. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
A new luxury bus service from Negombo to Matara on the Southern Expressway (E01) was commissioned today under the patronage of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources Development Deputy Minister Sarath Kumara Gunarathna at the Negombo Main Bus Stand. Picture curteacy Ministry of Fisheries
Teachers and Principals marched towards the Education Ministry in Colombo today protesting against the failure of the government to resolve their longstanding grievances. A tense situation prevailed once the protestors reached the Education Ministry as the Police prevented them from walking into the Ministry premises. Pix by Pradeep Pathirana
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