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| Friday, 9 January 2004 |
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Ranga Bandara released on bail by Sarath Malalasekera Puttalam district UNP MP Ranga Bandara who appeared on notice before Colombo Chief Magistrate and Additional District Judge E. M. Y. T. B. Boyagoda on an alleged bribery charge was granted bail. The Judge directed Bandara to furnish surety bail in Rs.50,000 and to appear before court on March 25. Bribery and Corruption Commission officials who appeared for the prosecution told court that Bandara is alleged to have accepted Rs. 10,000 and 10 chairs while he was the officer-in-charge of the Wellawaya Police Station in 1999. Lakshman Ranasinghe appeared for the MP. Advisory Committee meets Katugastota Group correspondent The Advisory Committee appointed by the Buddha Sasana Ministry to formulate a draft bill to be presented in Parliament to prevent unethical conversions in the country is due to hold its first meeting at the Public Trustees' Department, Colombo 7 at 4 p.m. today. The Committee comprises 31 leading members of the Maha Sangha and Secretary to Ministry of Buddha Sasana. The objections made by the National Bhikku Congress (Jathika Sangha Sammelanaya) regarding the appointment of the Advisory Council will also be taken up for discussion today. Non-payment of interim allowance may lead to university strike by Anjana Gamage The failure to pay the Rs. 1,150 interim allowance with the January salary to non-academic staff of all universities is likely to lead to a strike by end of January, sources told the Daily News yesterday. The decision to go ahead for trade union action was followed up at a meeting on January 7 at the Kelaniya University of Inter-University Trade Union Federation (IUTUF) members, President Lionel Malwattage told the Daily News. He said according to the collective agreement, the University Grants Commission (UGC) authorities pledged to implement the new salary structure by January 1, 2004. "But so far they have failed to do it. The authorities have also decided to withdraw the Rs. 1000 interim allowance from December 31 last year. But after the discussions we had with the UGC officials on December 31, they verbally agreed that it should be paid. Now they have sent a letter to the Tertiary Education Ministry requesting to pay the interim allowance," the IUTUF President said. He said UGC officials failed to resolve the salary anomalies issue in January and has now postponed it to May. "We will resort to a strike action till our demands are met," Malwattage warned. According to IUTUF sources the collective agreement between the university authorities and the inter-university trade unions approved a stipulated salary increase once in three years. However this increase had not been granted since 1995, they claimed. |
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