• Office Assistants: Salaries will increase from LKR 5,450 to LKR 13,980, depending on the grade.
• Drivers: Salaries will rise from LKR 6,960 to LKR 16,340, depending on the grade.
• Samurdhi Development Officers/Agricultural Research and Production Assistants: Salaries will increase from LKR 8,340 to LKR 15,685.
• Management Assistants: Salaries will be raised from LKR 10,140 to LKR 17,550.
• Development Officers: Salaries will go up from LKR 12,710 to LKR 25,150.
• Public Health Inspectors/Family Health Workers: Salaries will increase from LKR 12,885 to LKR 25,275.
• Radiographers/Pharmacists: Salaries will rise from LKR 13,280 to LKR 25,720.
• Nursing Officers: Salaries will increase from LKR 13,725 to LKR 26,165.
• School Principals: Salaries will increase from LKR 23,425 to LKR 39,595.
• Teachers: Salaries will be raised from LKR 17,480 to LKR 38,020.
• Police Officers: Salaries will increase from LKR 10,740 to LKR 23,685.
• Grama Niladhari Officers: Salaries will be raised from LKR 11,340 to LKR 23,575.
• Administrative Officers: The salary will be LKR 28,885.
• Deputy Directors/Deputy Commissioners: The starting salary will be LKR 43,865.
• Divisional Secretaries/Directors/Commissioners/Senior Assistant Secretaries: Salaries will increase to LKR 57,545.
• Medical Officers: Salaries will increase from LKR 35,560 to LKR 53,075.
• Implementation of steps to double annual salary increments.
• Effective from January 1, 2025, salaries will also be increased for employees of public corporations, boards, statutory bodies, universities, and the armed forces.

The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the implementation of the recommendations from the Presidential Expert Committee, chaired by Udaya R. Seneviratne, appointed by President Ranil Wickremesinghe to investigate and address salary discrepancies in the government sector.

Sri Lanka’s new Ambassador to the Kingdom of the Netherlands Rekha Gunasekera presented the Letter of Credence to the Director-General of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) Fernando Arias, accrediting her as the Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the OPCW. The ceremony was held recently  at the Headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague.

The 32^nd Annual General Meeting of the Sri Lanka – Pakistan Business Council (SLPBC) was recently held, graced by His Excellency Major General (R) Faheem Ul Aziz, HI (M) High Commissioner of Pakistan in Sri Lanka, His Excellency Admiral Ravindra C Wijegunaratne, High Commissioner of Sri Lanka in Pakistan at Cinnamon Grand, Colombo.