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The Employees' Provident Fund, abbreviated to EPF, is a social security scheme of employees in Sri Lanka under the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.It was established under Act No. 15 of 1958 by S. W. R. D. Bandaranaike, [3] and as of December 2010, it had Rs 899.6 billion, which is equivalent to 16% of the GDP. [4]
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka raised interest rates in August 2021, and Sri Lanka became the first nation in Asia to tighten the monetary policy during the pandemic era. [20] [21] On 27 August 2021, the government extended the lockdown to 6 September 2021 as the daily death toll surpassed 200 for the first time since the pandemic began. [22] [23]
The employer of every employee to whom this Act applies shall be liable to pay an amount equal to three per centum (3%) of the total earnings including Wages, salary or fees, Cost of living allowance, special living allowance and other similar allowances, Payment in respect of holidays, The cost value of cooked or uncooked food provided by the employer to employees, Meal allowance and Any ...
To help make ends meet, the FDNY hero spent his evenings working at Suspenders, a firefighter bar on Second Ave. near E. 38th St. in Manhattan. But even there, Neary wouldn’t talk about his ...
Chanaka's death prompted widespread discontent with the Sri Lankan Police, and as a result, the Sri Lanka Army was deployed to deal with the developing situation. [ 3 ] The protests ended on 6 June with President Mahinda Rajapaksa announcing substantial amendments to the PSBP, which included a revised saving scheme for all workers in the FTZ.
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
The FDNY's motto is "New York's Bravest" for fire, and "New York's Best" for EMS. The FDNY serves more than 8.5 million residents within a 302-square-mile (780 km 2) area. [9] The FDNY headquarters is located at 9 MetroTech Center in Downtown Brooklyn, [10] and the FDNY Fire Academy is located on Randalls Island. [11]
The Department of Immigration and Emigration issues a notice granting 14 days, starting from 23 February, for Russian and Ukrainian tourists living long-term in Sri Lanka to leave the country. Many of these tourists had been residing in Sri Lanka on periodic extensions of their tourist visas since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.