employees will be increased by Rs.2500 to Rs.10,000 with effective from this month according to Ministry of Finance.
Accordingly the Basic Salary of the lowest grade Government Employee will be increased by Rs.2500 and the Highest Grade Officer by Rs.10,000 from this month the Ministry has stressed .
The Rs.10,000 monthly allowance provided to Government employees since 2015 will be added to their basic salary within the period 2016-2020 it has been announced .
Kurunagala District MP and former President Mahinda Rajapakshe as the opposition Leader of the Parliament, The Deputy Speaker Ananda Kumarasiri has announced in Parliament today (08).
The announcement has been made during today's Parliamentary sessions convened under the patronage of Deputy Speaker .
However no announcement has been made regarding removing current opposition Leader R.Sambandan of Tamil National Alliance from the post .
Meanwhile Puttalam District United Peoples Freedom Alliance (UPFA)MP ArundiKa Fernando has today apologized to the house regarding seated in Speaker's seat during the Parliamentary sessions held on 16th of November 2018 when some UPFA members have behaved similar to Animals .
The MP Has apologized after the governing United National Party (UNP)MP Mujubur Rahman has told the Parliament the house recently seen as a Zoo and Even Ambassadors had applauded may be due to that situation.
spot after the Three Wheeler they were travelling in colliding with An Army Truck at Iyakkachchi Junction in Palai area ,KilinochchI (Northern Province)this evening (08).
The incident occurred as a result of the inability of Three Wheeler Driver to control the high speed of the vehicle according to the Police .
Palai Police have arrested Army Truck driver over the incident .A Tense situation occurred among residents of the area after the accident had been controlled by the Police .
Palai Police are conducting an investigations over the incident .
Modern facilities built nearby the old Laggala Town at Matale (Central Province ) submerged and destroyed due to floods,Has been inaugurated by the President Maithripala Sirisena this morning (08).
The "New Laggala Green Town " which has been designed accordance to Garden City concept had been built with the cost of Rs.4500 million it has been revealed.
The City is comprising of 26 State Institutions including A Police station ,Post office ,School ,Hotels ,A play ground ,Hospital , 112 Buildings ,3000 Residents and their houses ,Banks, A community center etc .The Building had been built with the cost of Rs.2043 million .
A Waste Management and Disposal system is being implemented in the city with the aid of Peradeniya University .
The new Green Town will replace the old Laggala Town which destroyed due to recent floods occurred as a result of overflowing Kalu Gamga (Rivrer ).
At the new Town ,A half an acre land each provided for farmers to cultivate it has been revealed.
New Green Town is a benefit of the Moragahakanda-Kalu Ganga(River)Multipurpose Development project.
Five members of a same family had received minor burn injuries and hospitalized due to a sudden fire erupted in the third floor of a Trade Complex at Yatinuwara Weediya (Street) in Kandy this morning (08).
The five family members injured had been admitted to Kandy Teaching Hospital for treatment. The Mother and three children of the family had been inJured as father of the family had thrown them out from the window from the fifth storey of the building where they have stayed temporarily it has been revealed.
The Kandy Police ,Fire Brigade of the Kandy Municipal Council ,Army and residents of the area have jointly doused fire before spreading it further.
An Extensive damage had been done due to the fire it has been revealed. However the cause of the fire has not yet been revealed .
Estimate value of the damage occurred due to the fire has not yet been announced .
employees will be increased by Rs.2500 to Rs.10,000 with effective from this month according to Ministry of Finance.
