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Sajith: Govt. took unemployed graduates for a ride: All of them will be given jobs – Dinesh

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By Saman Indrajith

Opposition and SJB Leader Sajith Premadasa yesterday accused the government of having duped unemployed graduates by calling for applications and issuing letters of appointment in a hurry during the election campaign but not allowing them to report to work after the election.

Making a special statement, Premadasa said that the SLPP seemed to have taken the unemployed graduates for a ride. “The SLPP gave a promise during the presidential election that under its government all unemployed graduates would be given government jobs. Following that election victory, the government published an advertisement on Feb 07, 2020 calling for applications from the unemployed graduates promising to recruit them for various jobs existing in the public sector. Thereafter in the last week of Feb 2020, the government released letters calling those applicants for training and asked them to report back within three days.

“However, with the intervention of the Elections Commission, that recruitment process was suspended. After the general election, the Presidential Secretariat again issued a release on Aug 14, calling the applicants again to report to work. However on Aug 16, the Ministry of Public Service, Provincial Councils and Local Government issued an announcement publishing the names of 40,092 graduates who are not qualified for the training.

“Various reasons including non-recognition of certain degrees by the University Grants Commission, inclusion of their names in the EPF, failure to attach copies of certain documents etc., have been mentioned as reasons for disqualifying them. Unemployed graduates staged a demonstration on Aug 18,” Premadasa said.

He demanded to know from the government what action would be taken to rectify the situation.

Minister Dinesh Gunawardena responded and said all of them would be given employment as decided by the Cabinet of Ministers recently.

 

 



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Govt. fleeces electricity consumers despite CEB’s Rs. 263 bn profit this year

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Ranawaka

Power sector workers shouldn’t be granted year-end bonuses

Leader of the Eksath Janaraja Peramuna (EJP) and former Power Minister Patali Champika Ranawaka said that CEB workers shouldn’t be granted year end/Christmas bonuses as they had not contributed to the much favourable current financial status of that state-owned enterprise.

Ex-parliamentarian Ranawaka said that the CEB had earned massive profits solely by implementing extremely unfair tariff structure, therefore workers shouldn’t be paid bonuses.

The former Minister was addressing the media at the EJP Colombo office. Referring to official records, the EJP leader said that the CEB had earned a profit of Rs. 6161 mn in 2023 and also saved Rs. 36 bn. So far this year (January to November), the CEB had recorded Rs. 263 bn profit but the government continued to fleece consumers.

Ranawaka also questioned the failure on the part of the government to provide electricity consumers relief as decided by the Cabinet during the previous government that there would be quarterly revision of pricing formula.

Ranawaka said that the government should explain why it couldn’t decrease fuel prices by a significant amount. The NPP administration should at least admit that it couldn’t do away with the current unbearable tax regime. The ex-parliamentarian asked the NPP to acknowledge that the government feared collapse in case of abolition of heavy taxes on fuel.

The ex-Minister challenged the NPP to prove accusations that had been directed at ministers of previous governments without propagating allegations. According to Ranawaka, both diesel and petrol prices remained high as the government levied Rs 50 and 72 on diesel and petrol, respectively, in addition to 18% VAT (Value Added Tax).

Ranawaka pointed out that in addition to Ceypetco, IOC and Sinopec had been levying taxes heavily with diesel (Rs 88-94) and petrol (Rs 110-117) imports per litre (SF)

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Isurupaya protest: Apprehended man from Army intelligence

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A person who had been apprehended by protesting Development Officers during a noisy demonstration outside the Education Ministry at Isurupaya and handed over to police was subsequently identified as a member of the Military Intelligence.

Police said that those demanding they be made permanent in the teaching service alleged that the apprehended man allegedly caused injuries to policemen deployed at the scene.

A Sub-Inspector of Police (SI) and two constables were injured. (HR)

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SLMC National List MP sworn in

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A smiling Muhammathu Saali Naleem walking towards the Speaker's Chair to be sworn in as a member of the Tenth Parliament yesterday(Pic courtesy parliament)

Muhammathu Saali Naleem was sworn in as a member of the Tenth Parliament yesterday before Speaker Dr. Asoka Ranwala.

Following the oath taking, Naleem signed the Members’ Roll in the presence of Secretary General of Parliament, Kushani Rohanadeera, marking his formal induction into the legislative body. Naleem was appointed as a National List Member of Parliament, representing the Sri Lanka Muslim Congress (SLMC).

The inaugural session of the Tenth Parliament took place on November 21st, 2024, with members taking their oaths the following day. On November 22nd, the Election Commission issued a gazette notification confirming Naleem’s appointment to the National List of the SLMC, paving the way for his oath-taking ceremony yesterday.

Before entering Parliament, Naleem served as the Chairman of the Eravur Urban Council, bringing valuable local governance experience to his new role as a lawmaker.

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