The time has come again to reveal the pathetic state of affairs looming around the plantation sector; unpredictable weather and work conditions, poor housing and education, low wages and poverty, while politicians are frantically crossing and switching sides to support the Presidential (...)
, by FERNANDOPULLE Lalin
The ‘1,000 Movement’ comprising civil society organisations, human rights activists and trade unions said it will continue its struggle to increase the daily wage of plantation workers to Rs. 1,000 which had been deprived to them, despite repeated appeals for a decent wage.
The Movement (...)
, by NAGARAJ Vijay K.
Somewhere along a nondescript and bumpy but scenic B road between Bandarawela and Beragala Junction in Badulla lies the abandoned Mahakanda tea factory. For 10 months, this has been home to dozens of families whose houses were destroyed by the massive landslide that hit the village of (...)
, by BASTIAN Sunil
Land and land policy has received much attention in recent times. There are numerous discussions and activism around land policy. For example, the LLRC has recommendations about land disputes in the North; land disputes were mentioned in the resolution passed against Sri Lanka during the 18th (...)
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