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Legal aid paid for victims of wrongful termination doubled
Saturday, 19 March 2016 13:10Minister of Labour and Trade Union Relations W.D.J. Seneviratne has taken measures to increase the legal aid allowance provided by Department of Labour to private sector employees , who were wrongfully terminated from service, from Rs 10,000 to Rs. 20,000.
Hela Urumaya and accidents : another in 2014
Saturday, 19 March 2016 10:37Wife of the leader of Pivithuru Hela Urumaya Udaya Gammanpila, Akurugodage Dinesha Shyamali Dilrukshi, has caused a road accident in 2014 and thus far no legal action has been taken against her, reveals Anti Corruption Front.
Number of broadcast licenses to be cancelled
Saturday, 19 March 2016 09:08It has been revealed that the broadcast licences obtained for radio and television channels have been handed over to other parties without the approval of Ministry of Parliamentary Reforms and Mass Media and the government is to take legal actions to terminate licenses of such media institutions.
Disciplinary action against Mahinda and group
Saturday, 19 March 2016 08:28The Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) plans to take disciplinary action against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa and 36 other parliamentarians who attended the Joint Opposition’s ‘Jana Satana’ rally on Thursday (17), sources said.
Sri Lanka confident to revoke EU fishery ban this year
Friday, 18 March 2016 20:36Sri Lanka is to send a high level team to Brussels on March 30 to hold talks on a fishery ban imposed by the EU, a statement by the Ministry of International Trade said here on Friday.
uspected 10 kg 'ambergris' sent to Sri Lanka for tests
Friday, 18 March 2016 20:31A suspected ambergris weighing 10 kg found in the island of Foddhoo in Noonu atoll has been sent to neighbouring Sri Lanka for tests.
Sri Lanka shares fall from two-week high on tax, economic woes
Friday, 18 March 2016 20:29Sri Lankan shares fell on Friday after two sessions of gains as uncertainty over a capital gains tax, higher budget deficit and economic growth weighed on investors' sentiment.
Part of Norochcholai plant shut down
Friday, 18 March 2016 20:24One phase of Norochcholai power plant has been shut down following an explosion at the grid substation at Kotugoda, Ja Ela.