Private sector trade union leaders allege they have not been consulted in the government decision to merge the EPF and the ETF, the two biggest funds in the country, to form a national pension gratuity fund, according to ‘Ravaya.’

There is a conspiracy within the government to cause a rift between the president and the prime minister, alleges minister Rajitha Senaratne.

Social empowerment and welfare minister S.B. Dissanayake had decided to appoint Dr. P.B. Jayasundara, former finance secretary, as an adviser to his ministry, say political sources.

Only five buses plying on the highways have been issued with route permits as per procedures, says president of the Private Bus Owners Association Gemunu Wijeratne.

A survey is to take place with regard to forest reserves and people who live in close proximity to such protected areas.

Before banning midriff baring by female teachers, what the authorities should first do is to fill teacher vacancies in schools in the western province, said president of the Sri Lanka National Teachers Union Poliar Gunawardena.

It was Thilak Marapana, resigned as law and order and prison reforms minister, who had controversially recommended and appointed former policeman M.M. Sirisena Herath as chairman of the Dangerous Drugs Control National Board, in place of Dr. Nilanga Samarasinghe, an experienced medial professional.