Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) representatives attended a meeting organized for estate workers in Madulsima, MP Tissa Attanayake said, responding to questions of MP Vadivel Suresh’s recent comments about the party. “A team including MPs Kavinda Jayawardana and Chaminda Wijesiri participated in this event, where several views were expressed. Opposing views are normal within a party, and it does not indicate a rift,” he said. However, there should
Chairman of the University Grants Commission (UGC) Senior Professor Sampath Amaratunga said that efforts are underway to resolve issues concerning Advanced Level students who are awaiting results for university entrance. The Senior
A future Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) government will go for a new agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) , Leader of Opposition Sajith Premadasa said yesterday. “A future SJB government will re-negotiate with IMF and will get into a new agreement with IMF,” Mr. Premadasa told a SJB May Day rally.
A women’s May Day rally with the participation of 15 women’s organisations headed by the Southern Shramiks Forum was held in the Galle town yesterday. Garment workers, estate workers and employees in several other private sector institutions participated. Programme Organiser of the Women’s Centre Kanchana Abeysekara said it was the first ever May Day
A 59-year-old Sri Lankan domestic worker was killed in Kuwait as a result of a 21-year-old Kuwaiti national performing car drifting maneuvers, according to Kuwaiti media reports.They said that the 21-year-old driver was taken into custody at the Taima police station on charges of accidental killing. The young man was allegedly responsible for causing the death of a 59-year-old Sri Lankan domestic worker.
Even though the price of Lanka auto diesel and petrol has reduced, the three-wheelers and private buses have decided not to reduce their fares, but the school van operators have decided to reduce their charges.
There will be new faces who will join the UNP soon, UNP Deputy Leader Ruwan Wijewardene said yesterday. “We now have Ministers Harin Fernando and Manusha Nanayakkara with us. Some others will also join us. There will be new faces in the UNP soon,” Wijewardene said addressing the UNP May Day rally
The Committee on Public Accounts (COPA) disclosed that almost 33% of the families receiving the Samurdhi benefit are families who should not be entitled to it, and a similar per cent of eligible families are not enrolled in the programme, a statement from the parliamentary media unit said. According to a survey conducted covering the entire country from 2015 to 2017, this information was discovered and it was stated that 449,979 families
A number of Divisional Secretariats countrywide organising in-house ‘Avurudu Utsawa’ on Monday, May 1st have raised concerns of many, as it was an attempt to refrain government employees from attending the May Day rallies, the Daily Mirror learns. A number of DS offices in the three districts of the Western Province as well as in other provinces are scheduled to organise their Sinhala and Tamil New Year celebrating events on the May Day, which
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