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Home-based nursing careers: Fourth batch leaves for Israel
Labour and Foreign Employment Minister Manusha Nanayakkara on Saturday awarded air tickets and documents to the fourth group of migrant workers leaving for home-based nursing careers in Israel.The programme of providing Home-Based Nursing jobs in Israel is implemented as per an agreement reached between the governments of Sri Lanka and Israel.
Minister Nanayakkara said this programme had been initiated by him while he had been Deputy Minister of Foreign Employment in a previous government, and was happy to note its progress.A group of nine workers selected for the Home-Based Nursing jobs in Israel are scheduled to leave the country today (13).
After applying online according to the advertisement published on the website of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (www.slbfe.lk), the prospective workers are selected by the Population and Immigration Authority of Israel. The selected candidates are then interviewed by an agency designated by the Population and Immigration Authority of the Government of Israel. Candidates are selected for these jobs only on the basis of ability and skills.Selected nurses receive a minimum salary of 5,300 Israeli shekels or over 600,000 Lankan rupees. The first registration is for an employment contract of two years, which can be extended at the will of the employer.
The Minister said according to the agreement reached between the Government of Sri Lanka and the Government of Israel, the employment opportunity for nurses is offered only through the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) and therefore requested not to give any money to any broker to get free Israeli job opportunities.Mangala Randeniya, Additional General Manager, Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment, Mr. G. Wijesundera, Manager Marketing (Recruitment) and others were present at the handing over of air tickets and documents.
A heated argument broke out between Jaffna District MP Archchuna Ramanathan and Fisheries Minister Ramalingam Chandrasekar during the Kilinochchi District Coordination Committee meeting held yesterday (16).
A video footage of the incident shows the MP and the Minister engaging in a heated verbal exchange, following which a physical confrontation appeared to develop when the Minister attempted to grab files reportedly in the possession of MP Ramanathan.
“If you lay a hand on me, I’ll lay a hand on you too… got it?” Ramanathan is heard telling the Minister during the exchange.
Police and officials present at the meeting intervened to prevent the situation from escalating further.
The circumstances that led to the confrontation were not immediately clear.
Archbishop of Colombo Malcolm Cardinal Ranjith has filed an intervening petition before the Court of Appeal in connection with a petition filed by former head of the State Intelligence Service, Major General (Retired) Suresh Sallay, challenging his arrest and detention under the Prevention of Terrorism Act over investigations into the Easter Sunday terror attacks.
The Cardinal has sought permission from the court to make submissions in relation to Sallay’s petition and requested that it be dismissed.
The Colombo High Court yesterday fixed for Aug. 31 the pre-trial conference in the money laundering case filed by the Attorney General against former President Mahinda Rajapaksa’s son, Yoshitha Rajapaksa, and his great-aunt Daisy Forrest.
The case was taken up before Colombo High Court Judge Rashmi Singappuli.
State Counsel Oswald Perera requested court to fix a date for the pre-trial conference and informed the judge that the prosecution would announce its position regarding the second accused, Daisy Forrest, at the conference. He also said the prosecution intended to notify court of amendments to the indictment.
After considering the submissions, Judge Singappuli ordered that the pre-trial conference be held on Aug. 31.
The Attorney General has indicted Yoshitha Rajapaksa and Daisy Forrest under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, alleging that they deposited nearly Rs. 59 million in bank accounts knowing, or having reason to believe, that the funds had been unlawfully acquired.
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