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Five Catagories Of Railway Employees Due To Launch An Island Wide Strike Today (19)

Five categories attached to Sri Lanka

Railways Department Engine Drivers ,Station Masters ,Guides ,Controllers and Inspecting Managers are scheduled to be launched an Island Wide Railway Strike with effective from midnight tonight  (19)according to Railway Trade Unions .

The strike is scheduled to be launched demanding the implementation of 
  Cabinet Paper approved by the Cabinet on 16th of May 2018 regarding the removal of salary anomalies of five Railway employee categories. 

Ministry Of Finance Had Instructed All Ministries To Cut Down Expenditure By 15 Percent

Ministry Of Finance had instrutted all

Ministries to cut down their Capital expenditure by 15 percent according to Government sources .

Ministry of Finance had issued a circuler regarding this to All Ministry Secretaries and they were informed on this earlier during a meeting held at the Finance Ministry it has been reported .

The main reason behind this decision is the decrease of Expected government income after the Easter Sunday attacks .

A Nine Hour Water Cut To Be Implemented In Vavuniya Today (19)

A nine hour water cut from 9.a.m to 5.p.

m today (19)is scheduled to be implemented in Vavuniya and surrounding areas according to National Water Supplies and Drainage Board.

The water cut will be implemented due to the connecting of the pipe line supplies water to Vavuniya with the main pipe line Water Board has announced. 

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Two Petitions Submitted By Gotabaya Rajapakshe Against His Legal Case Had Dismissed by Court Of Appeal

Two member Judge Panel of the Court

Of Appeal had today (18)dismissed two petitions submitted to the Appeal Court by Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe against the case currently being heard over Building of D,A Rajapakshe Museum by using public funds without taken up for hearing  .

The two judges Achala Vengappuli and Arjuna Obeysekare had dismissed these petitions .

The case against Former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapakshe is being heard  by A Three Member High Court Judge Panel. 

Cabinet Meeting Was Held Under The Patronage Of President Today (18)

Cabinet meeting was held under the

patronage of President Maithripala Sirisena today (18) At 11 a.meeting after a lapse of one week it has been reported .

However today's Cabinet meeting was restricted to discuss on Cabinet papers submitted to it .

President Sirisena had not convened the Cabinet last Tuesday (11)as a protest against the activities of Parliamentary Select committee proving Easter Sunday attacks .

Earlier on 07th of June president had convened a special Cabinet meeting and revealed that he will not attend Cabinet Meetings If the government not taking any step to stop activities of  Parliamentary Select committee proving Easter Sunday attacks.

However after his visit to Tajikistan recently he has changed his stand regarding boycotting Cabinet Meetings.

The acting Ministers appointed for the Ministerial Portfolios of former Muslim Ministers Rauf Hakeem, Rishad Baduideen and Kabir Hasheem ,namely Lucky Jayawardana ,Buddhika Pathirana and Anoma Gamage have also participated in today's Cabinet meeting .