PRESS BRIEFING: 82% of unemployed women in #lka are between the ages 20-40
The requirement that pvt employers fund the full cost of #maternityleave benefits (MLBs) promotes this disadvantage
Solution: The State makes ML payments tax deductabile for pvt sector entities
Today sees opening of 10MW waste to energy plant in Kerawalapitiya.Its a public/private partnership between CMC & Aitken Spence Group as a long term solution to disposal of city waste.This plant will produce power for nat grid from total non recyclable garbage collected in city
Monetary Board (MB) of the CBSL is equally responsible for the miseries we are in today. Heard one crony businessman decided to resign from MB. Too little too late. Sitting on MB is not a mere part time job. During a crisis, it’s where some of the important decisions are made.
Slide on the immediate steps that could be taken to address the prevailing foreign exchange issues. Lot more structural stuff to be done subsequently but these are the most urgent steps.
True, there is an emergency in 🇱🇰. However, let’s not confuse cause and effect: People demonstrating for their rights are no emergency. It’s the emergency that brings them to the streets.
Police are bound to uphold & defend the Constitution. They are bound to respect, secure & advance sovereign citizens' fundamental rights, including free speech.
'Superior orders' is not a defence to unlawful acts.
EVEN IF force is necessary, only reasonable force can be used.