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5,000 workers lose jobs over apparel factory closure!

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4 months ago

May 30, 2023

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About 5,000 employees have lost employment opportunities due to the temporary closure of nearly 10 garment factories in the past few months.

Three factories of a major clothing company, two factories each of two similar companies and factories of three other companies have been temporarily closed in Koggala, Meepe, Matale, Waturagama and Anuradhapura.

It was reported that some employees have been paid compensation while some organizations that temporarily closed their operations have given leave to the employees along with the basic salary.

Nearly 300,000 people work in 135 factories in 15 investment zones under the Board of Investment and 326 other registered factories.

Also, about 900,000 people depend on indirect income ways generated from these factories.

When questioned about the situation, Yohan Leverance, Chairman of the Garment Factory Owners’ Forum, said that this situation has arisen due to the decrease in demand from the main buyers of clothing, the USA and the European Union.

He said that the current orders are enough for another two to three months and expressed confidence that the situation will improve after September.

He said that this is not a situation that has affected only Sri Lanka, but the garment factories of countries like Bangladesh, Vietnam, Cambodia and China have also been severely affected.

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Fmr. SDIG gets 5-yr. jail term

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2 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Ratnapura High Court has sentenced former Senior DIG Lalith Jayasinghe for five-year imprisonment for intimidating Kahawatte OIC not to arrest MP Premalal Jayasekera over a shooting incident.

Ratnapura High Court also ordered the convict to pay a fine of Rs. 20,000.

The shooting incident took place during the 2015 Presidential election campaign.

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Notice on issuing revenue licenses in WP

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Department of Motor Traffic has decided to temporarily suspend the issuing of revenue licenses in the Western Province due to a system update.

According to the department, the services will be unavailable from this Wednesday (September 27) to next Monday (October 02).

The Motor Traffic Department said in a statement that vehicles of which revenue licenses are expiring from Tuesday, September 26 can be renewed until October 10, without fines.

Meanwhile, the online service for revenue licenses was temporarily suspended from midnight yesterday (September 24) and will remain so until Friday, October 06.

The department added that the temporary service suspension was due to an update on the system maintained by the Information and Communication Technology Agency of Sri Lanka.

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CID ordered to hand over Schaffter’s remains to family

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5 hours ago

September 25, 2023

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The Colombo Additional Magistrate has ordered the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) to hand over the remains of late businessman Dinesh Schaffter to his family as postmortem examinations have been concluded.

The specialist doctors’ committee appointed to compile a report on Schaffter’s death had informed the courts that the relevant investigation activities have been concluded, and that the remains of the late businessman can be released.

Furthermore, Additional Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya, also pointed out that the five-member expert committee headed by Prof. Asela Mendis, which was appointed by the court to compile a report on Schaffter’s death has informed the court that their judicial investigations have been completed.

Accordingly, the Additional Magistrate, who stated that the expert committee has requested the court to issue an order for the release of Schaffter’s remains, ordered the CID to hand over the body to his family under the supervision of Prof. Clifford Perera and Judicial Medical Officer P.R. Ruwanpura.

Later, the case was also ordered to be recalled on October 09, 2023.

(Source : adaderana.lk)