More benefits from Employees Provident Fund:
Grants for housing
Labour Relations and Manpower Minister Athauda
Seneviratne told Parliament yesterday that employees who contribute
to the Employees’ Provident fund can withdraw upto 30 percent of
their savings for the purpose of constructing houses.
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SLAF, the best air wing - Defence Secretary
The Sri Lanka Air Force is the best air wing in
the world in terms of combating terrorism. Speaking as Chief Guest
at the passing out ceremony of Sri Lanka Air Force cadets and
volunteer airmen at China Bay yesterday, Defence Secretary Gotabhaya
Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka is the only country that eradicated
terrorism.
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Iran to fund Uma Oya project
Irrigation Minister Jayatissa Ranaweera told
Parliament yesterday that Surveys and geological investigations are
being done for design and construction activities of the Uma Oya
project.
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Govt pays Rs. 1 m compensation to Angulana victims’ parents
Lives lost cannot be evaluated in terms of money
and severe punishment would be meted out to those responsible for
the murders of the two young men of Angulana, President Mahinda
Rajapaksa told their parents at Temple Trees yesterday.
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Ministry to fix hotel room rates
The Tourism Ministry will stipulate a fixed room
rate below which no hotel in the Colombo city could offer a room for
their clients under the directive of President Mahinda Rajapaksa
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Rs 1,035 m to develop Jaffna schools
Education Minister Susil Premajayanth told
Parliament yesterday that the Government has allocated Rs. 1,035
million to develop 31 schools in Jaffna under the Isuru school
project.
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