COLOMBO (News 1st): The government has decided to re-call all public servants to work, as usual, starting from Monday (Mar. 08). A special circular to this effect was issued on Friday (Mar. 05), bearing the signature of J.J. Ratnasiri, the Secretary to the Ministry of Public Services. Accordin...

Colombo (News 1st) - Addressing the 72nd Independence Day celebrations this morning President Gotabaya Rajapaksa delivered a strong statement on what he hopes to achieve during his tenure in office. The President started out by stating that every citizen living in Sri Lanka has the right to live ...

Colombo (News 1st): The Polling of Postal Voting for the 2019 Presidential Election will be held today (October 31) and tomorrow (November 1). State sector officials that have qualified for postal voting except those in the Police, the Elections Commission and District offices, will cast their vo...

Colombo (News 1st): The Sri Lanka Independent National Transport Services Union continued their strike action for the third continuous day today (September 18). Bus employees from around 75 depots took part in the strike action. The Union is protesting to highlight a number of demands including, ...

COLOMBO (News 1st) - Administrative officers, the non-academic staff of universities, health inspectors of the North-Western province are currently engaged in trade union action, citing several demands including solutions to salary anomalies. State sector employees had taken sick leave for both t...