JVP WON’T ACCEPT TEMPORARY MEASURES ON PENSION SCHEME

The suspension of the proposed private pension scheme has to be a cabinet decision, and not one made by the Central Committee of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), the JVP says. Temporarily suspending it is not enough, according to Anura Kumara Dissanayake who stated that the pension scheme has to be completely scrapped.

Addressing a press conference at the JVP’s Pelawatte headquarters the Parliamentarian agreed that private sector employees need a pension, but said this draft bill cannot be accepted as it was brought forth to steal workers’ funds.

Therefore a new pension scheme, which benefits the employees, has to be introduced and not the amending of the already proposed bill, he emphasized.

Dissanayake further stated that, although the Free Trade Zone in Katunayake is currently closed, its operations cannot return to normal for another several months due to the serious damages caused to properties by the “police and government goons”.

The large number of specialized workers receiving treatment currently also gravely affects the day-to-day operations of the FTZ, he also added.

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STUDENTS SURROUND ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING AT J’PURA

A tense situation has broken out at the Jayawardenapura University after a group of students surrounded an administrative building. The students have reportedly surrounded Vice Chancellor N.L.A. Karunaratna ’ s office building following an announcement that he will not be issuing Mahapola scholarships.

PayPal wants report from Sri Lanka: Sampath, three other banks to introduce service

Though the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) was first to introduce PayPal to Sri Lanka through the Sampath Bank, it is revealed that three other banks too have been now earmarked by the CBSL. A senior official from the CBSL told AdaderanaBiz, “We were to first introduce PayPal through the Sampath Bank. However, we now plan to introduce this service to the country through four banks. We also plan to gradually involve the rest of the banks in the country.” While the CBSL is discussing with the PayPal branch in India to introduce the service to Sri Lanka, PayPal’s Indian arm has reportedly requested a report on Sri Lanka’s exports. The senior CBSL official told AdaderanaBiz that they would be submitting such a report and hence the introduction of PayPal to Sri Lanka would face a slight delay. Though cash cannot be remitted to Sri Lanka through the world renowned PayPal money transfer service sending money from Sri Lanka is possible even now.

Sexy reality star arrested for ‘filming sex tape with businessman and blackmailing him

A REALITY star is accused of making a sex tape with a wealthy businessman and trying to blackmail him with it. Serbian TV personality Anabela Scekic, 39, has been held for blackmail after allegedly filming a sex session with a 34-year-old named only as N.N. Scekic, also nicknamed Tigrica (tigress), was arrested along with 23-year-old Tijana S. and 41-year-old Radovan L. The two women were accused of demanding €20,000 (£17,770) from the Belgrade businessman as Radovan L. allegedly masterminded the operation. A police source said they threatened to post the videos online if he didn’t hand over the money. They added: “N.N. accepted their request but said he would give them the money in four instalments.

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