President Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga hosted Trade Union representatives at the President’s House yesterday and briefed them on the current political situation in the country. The President told the TU representatives about the anti-Trade Union policies of the former UNP regime and how 85,000 public servants who had asked for a salary increase of three hundred rupees were sacked in 1980. She emphasized that the People’s Alliance had the cooperation of the working class and requested the TUs to prevent the UNP which repressed the trade unions and the working class to come to power. Pictured is the President and the veteran SLFP TU leader and former Minister S. Alavi Mowlana greeting the TU representatives invited to the President’s House. (Picture by Sudath Malaweera)

National Grid up by 110 MW

by Ranil Wijayapala

Total power generation for the National Grid increased by another 110 mega watts with the commissioning of the first phase of a state-of-the-art gas-steam power plant at Kelanitissa yesterday.
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Rs 8450 million to uplift Health Services

by Anura Maitipe

The government has spent over Rs. 8450 million during the past five years to upgrade health services in the country, says Minister of Health ,Indigenous Medicine and Social Services Nimal Siripala de Silva. Full story

Supplementary medical sector strike today

by Bharatha Malawaraarachchi

Health employees in the supplementary medical sectors will strike today in protest against the failure of the Health Ministry to grant their three main demands, their Joint Council said yesterday.
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Australia returns unlawful arrivals

Thirty-seven Sri Lankans who attempted illegal entry into Australia in mid-September were returned by a special charter flight yesterday.
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Sri Lanka proposes expert body on terrorism

Sri Lanka suggested the UN to set up a body comprising international group of eminent persons to report to the World body on terrorism and its prevention.
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