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Friday, January 25, 2019

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Fire Erupted In Three Places Today (26)

Sudden Fires erupted in Three places in the Island today (26) damaged a Building,A Factory

and Temporary Shops at Slave Island ,Wattala and Mawanella areas respectively according to reports.

Accordingly a sudden fire has erupted in a Building at Sri Jinaratna Road in Slave Island this morning damaged the building and two fire trucks belonging to the Colombo Municipal Council fire brigade had used to douse the fire and two fire trucks of the Municipal Council had doused a fire erupted at a Cardboard Factory at Handala,Wattala in wee hours of this morning (26) it has been revealed.

In another instance Few Temporary Shops at Mawanella area had been damaged due to a sudden fire erupted there this morning ..Police along with Fire brigade attached to Mawanella Pradeshiya Sabha and residents if the area have doused the fire.

No one was injured due to these incidents and reasons behind these fires have not yet been revealed..
The value of the damages had not yet been estimated it has been reported.

A Person Has Drowned Whilst Bathing In Sea

A 45 year old person has drowned whilst bathing in sea area at Wairankattuwa in

Arachchikattuwa after drifting away by strong sea waves yesterday(25).

The deceased who was a fisherman had faced this incident whilst bathing after catching prawns in a Lagoon at Wwairankattuwa last night it has been revealed.

Fishermen had recovered the body of the deceased during a search mission.

Arachchikattuwa Police are conducting an investigations over the incident.

Estate Owners Have Agreed To Increase Daily Wage Of Estate Workers From Rs.500 To Rs.855

Estate Owners have agreed to Increase the Daily wages of Estate Workers from Rs.500 to Rs.855 out of it Rs.155 to be allocated for the workers EPF and other allowances ,during the talks held between Minister of Labor and Trade Union relations Ravindra Samaraweera,Labor Commissioner ,Estate Owners Association and Three Estate Workers Unions at Ministry of Labor and Trade Union relations in Colombo yesterday (25).

Accordingly Estate Owners Association has agreed to increase the Daily wage of Estate Workers from Rs.500 to Rs.700 and to add another Rs.155 for Workers EPF contribution and other allowances it has been revealed.

In addition Estate Owners have agreed to increase the payment providing to Workers for the plucking of 1 Kilo Grammes of Tea Leaves from Rs.25 to Rs.40.

The agreement regarding increasing Daily wage of Estate Workers to be signed between Ministry and Estate Owners on this Monday(28).