ITN News 7 News 02/10/2018

Hiru News

• A Vote On Account next week; Official budget prior to Sinhala New Year - ( Dr Harsha De Silva said that the new United National Front Government will present a Vote On Account to Parliament next week. He said that the official budget will be presented prior to the Sinhala and Hindu New Year next year. The Vote On Account will... )
• Estate Workers Unions hold decisive discussion - ( A special discussion was held between Estate Workers Unions and Estate Owners Association with regard to demands to increase the daily wage of estate workers to 1,000 Rupees. Senior Vice President of the Ceylon Workers Congress S Arul Saami expressed... )
• Global links of Bangladeshi woman arrested with Heroin revealed - ( Police stated that important information has come to light regarding the international links of the woman who was arrested with 388 Million Rupees worth heroin. The Police Narcotics Bureau continues to question the 23 year old Bangladeshi woman. She... )
• UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe sworn in as Prime Minister - ( UNP Leader Ranil Wickremesinghe took oaths as the 23rd Prime Minister of Sri Lanka at 11.16 AM today before President Maithripala Sirisena. This was at the President’s Secretariat. Ranil Wickremesinghe has functioned as the Prime Minister from... )
• COP24 deal to bring Paris pact to life - (Negotiators in Poland have finally secured agreement on a range of measures that will make the Paris climate pact operational in 2020. The Katowice agreement aims to deliver the Paris goals of limiting global temperature rises to well below 2C. However,... )