A 48 Hour Island Wide Strike Scheduled To Be Launched By Railway Workers Had Been Suspended

A 48 hour Island Wide strike action scheduled to be launched by the four categories of Railway workers with effect from midnight tonight(20) had been suspended after the discussions held with Saman Ekanayake the secretary to the Prime Minister Ranil Wikramasinghe this morning regarding the demand of the Railway Workers.

During the Discussions Prime Minister's Secretary has agreed to solve salary anomaly problem faced by the  Railway workers by giving a written assurance to them to put their categories in the third level salary scale according to the Railway trade unions.

Train Engine Drivers,Guards,Station Masters and Railway controllers have  earlier decided to launch a 48 hour strike over salary anomalies.

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Lalith Weerathunge And Anusha Palpita Who Are Labelled As "Sil Redhi" Robbers Released On Conditional Bail

The two former Government Officers who had been sentenced three year rigorous imprisonment over issuing "Sil Redhi"(White cloths use by Buddhist Devotees)  to the Budhhist Devotees in the island by utilizing Rs.600 million belonging to the Telecommunication Regulatory Commission(TRC) during previous regime have been released on conditional bail by the Colombo High Court today(20) after considering their bail application submitted to the court.

 The two previous higher government officials who had found guilty over issuing "Sil Redhi" by utilizing government funds illegally during the presidential election under the orders of former president Mahinda Rajapakshe have been produced before the Colombo High Court by the prison authorities and after taking consideration the bail application of them Court has granted them conditional bails by considering their poor health status it has been announced.

However the two suspects were ordered to hand over their passports to the Court and as a travel ban imposed on them.

Both Lalith Weerathunge And Anusha Plapita were sentenced a three year rigorous imprisonment on 07th of September by the Colombo High Court after they were found guilty over the "Sil Redhi" Case and soon after they have sent to the Welikada Prison the acting Medical Offcier in Charge at the Welikada Prison Hospital now been transferred to the Colombo National Hospital by the Health Ministry Dr.Nirmali Thenuwara had transferred them to the super ward of the Prison Hospital by stating they are suffering with severe Diabetes.Since then they were in Prison Hospital a treatment which is not entitled to normal prsioners of the Prison  .

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Ceylon Electricity Board Management Has Decided To Remove 3000 Striking Casual Workers From Their Posts

The management of the Ceylon Electricity Board has

decided to remove around 3000 casual workers attached to the Ceylon Electricity Board who are currently engaged in the continuous strike from their service.

Acoordingly around 3000 workers including peons,labourers and bill writers working on casual basis will be removed from their services and letters are being issued to them by informing that they have already vacated from their posts.

Electricity Board management has decided to recruit new workers for the vacated posts soon it has been announced.

Several trade unions attached to Ceylon Electricity Board have launched a continuous strike recently by demanding to solve salary anomalies and as a result several remote areas have experienced power failures.

A Female Was Killed After Colliding With A Train

A 40 year old female was killed after colliding with a

train travelling Matara to Vavuniya at Hikkaduwa area yesterday (19).

Hikkaduwa Police are investigating whether the incident was a suicide attempt or not.