Foreign workers in SL must pay mandatory tax
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The Inland Revenue Department says foreign workers employed in Sri Lanka must pay a mandatory tax.…
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Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankan migrant workers lost employment – SLBFE
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Nearly 10,000 Sri Lankans in the Middle East and other countries have lost their jobs, according…
Sajith promises to help plantation workers
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Former Minister Sajith Premadasa says he will uplift the livelihoods of the plantation workers after winning…
Workers must be given additional time to vote- EC
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – The National Election Commission says not granting leave requested by an employee to vote at the…
COVID-19 kills 12 more Lankan workers in Mid East, toll rises to 35
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Twelve more Sri Lankan migrant workers in Middle Eastern countries have died due to COVID-19 during…
Nigeria police rescue 300 workers ‘locked in rice factory’
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – Police in Nigeria have rescued 300 people they say were locked in a rice-processing factory and…
Coronavirus India: Death and despair as migrant workers flee cities
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – India’s strict lockdown to halt the spread of coronavirus meant that most factories and businesses shut…
India coronavirus lockdown: Road accident kills 24 migrant workers
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – At least 24 migrant workers trying to return home during a nationwide lockdown have been killed…
‘Increase estate workers daily wage to Rs.1,000’
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – United National Party (UNP) Parliamentarian Vadivel Suresh says estate workers are severely inconvenienced especially during the…
Duty-free worker’s attempt to smuggle out gold biscuits worth millions busted
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – An employee of a duty-free shop at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) has been imposed a…
All leave of railway workers cancelled – General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways
(FASTNEWS | COLOMBO) – All leave of railway employees have been cancelled and they are urged to report to work…
Postal workers to launch sick-leave protest
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – Postal workers will engage in ‘sick-leave’ trade union action for 24 hours from midnight tomorrow (21), according to…
Postal workers’ strike continues…
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The token strike action of the postal workers at the Central Mail Exchange over their grievances is continued…
Notices issued to 8 workers of the Wellampitiya Copper Factory
(FASTNEWS|COLOMBO) – The eight suspects, who were arrested at the copper factory in Wellampitiya and granted bail, have been issued…