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The Employees Provident Fund gets a profit of 800 million rupees. The Employees Provident Fund which possessed 71 million shares of conglomerate John Keells Holdings had been sold at 194 rupees per share, bringing a capital gain to the Fund. These shares have been purchased by Malaysia’s Khazana Nasional Berhard, a sovereign wealth Fund. ...
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Srilankamirror - The UNP has accused the government of using the monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) to carry out its development agenda. UNP parliamentarian and head of the JSS, Dr. Jayalath Jayawardena has said that EPF monies were being excessively used to construct a 35-story
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Jan 26, Colombo: A legislator of Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) has accused the government of using the monies from the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), country's major retirement fund for the employees in the corporate and private sector, to carry out development
The Auditor Generals’ Department will table in Parliament today (Friday) the 2009 and 2010 audit reports of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), Auditor General H. A. S. Samaraweera told TimesOnline. He said the department has completed the scrutinizing accounts of 210 corporations, statuary
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Parliament passed the Employees Provident Fund Amendment bill with a 59-vote majority at a ballot today (Jan. 18).
The Employees Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill was passed with a majority of 59 votes in Parliament ..
(Srilankamirror) - Parliament passed the Employees Provident Fund Amendment bill with a 59-vote majority at a ballot today (Jan. 18). The bill makes provisions for the setting up of a pension or insurance fund for EPF members. It was tabled by leader of the House Nimal Siripala de Silva
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The Employee’s Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill was passed in Parliament today with 71 voting for and 12 against it. The UNP , DNA and TNA voted against the Bill. The amendments to the Act will enable EPF members to withdraw 30 percent of the amount in their Fund if they have contributed
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Jan 18, Colombo: The Sri Lankan parliament today passed an amendment bill that would affect the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), country's major retirement fund for the employees in the corporate and private sector.
The Employees Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill has been passed in Parliament. 71 voted for and 21 against the Bill. Joining in the debate, Minister Gamini Lokuge said that those who serve in many institutions have various EPF numbers. As such they proposed to use the National Identity Card
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The Employee Provident Fund (EPF) amendment bill was passed in parliament, 71 voted for and 12 against the bill
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Amendment Bill was passed in Parliament today with a majority of 59 votes. 71 MPs voted in favor of the amendment bill while 12 voted against it.
The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Amendment Bill was presented in Parliament a short while ago by the Leader of the House Nimal Siripala De Silva. The debate over the bill has commenced.
The controversial Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Amendment Bill will be presented in Parliament at 1pm today. Minister of Labour and Labour Relations Gamini Lokuge today said the government had removed the two clauses in the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) (Amendment) Bill which provides
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‘A ruler with a depleted treasury eats into the very vitality of the citizens and the country. A ruler, who impoverishes his own people or angers them by unjust exactions will also lose their loyalty Impoverishment, greed and dissatisfaction are engendered among the subjects, when the ruler among other things (i) fails to give what ought ...
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Jan 15, Colombo: Sri Lanka's main opposition United National Party (UNP) and Marxist party Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna (JVP) have expressed concerns over the proposed amendments to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Act.
Srilankamirror - UNP MP Dr. Harsha de Silva says the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF) would be summoned before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) in parliament to explain its accounts. He told Sri Lanka Mirror that the EPF has failed to submit the audited reports for 2010
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Jan 09, Colombo: Sri Lankas main opposition United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to submit the audit reports of the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) to parliament.
The UNP yesterday demanded that the annual accounts of the Employment Provident Fund for 2010 be imm..
By Padmini MatarageThe government has been contemplating introducing the amended Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act in parliament on January 18, sources say. However, due to unprecedented opposition from trade unions, political parties and civil society, the government has decided to rethink
Jan 06, Colombo: The main opposition of Sri Lanka United National Party (UNP) has called on the government to postpone the presentation of amendments to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Act.
Jan 06, Colombo: Labor Minister of Sri Lanka Gamini Lokuge says the proposed amendment to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Acts to empower the Labor Commissioner to set up a private sector pension scheme for workers not covered by the EPF, has been removed.
The United National Party (UNP) said today the proposed amendments to the Employees Provident Fund (EPF) Act had several loopholes and would enable the government to obtain monies from the...
The United National Party says it has no intention of opposing all Government programmes. UNP Parliamentarian Harsha de Silva however called on the Government not to table the Employment Provident Fund Bill in Parliament.Addressing the media at the Opposition Leader’s Office, he said that the media conference was summoned to intimate to the Government to ...
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Srilankamirror - The Inter Company Employees’ Union (ICEU) says the government is trying once again to swindle monies in the Employees’ Provident Fund (EPF). The Union notes that the government has found a new way to take the EPF monies after the first attempt by the government
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Jan 04, Colombo: Private sector trade unions in Sri Lanka say the government is trying once again to swindle monies in the retirement fund of the private employees, the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF).
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), he said there are various issues with regard to the investment of the EPF money in the share market and the d...
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Srilankamirror - The Inter Company Employees' Union (ICEU) has called on the government to present the proposed amendments to the Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) Act to the National Labor Advisory Council (NLAC) for discussion and approval by all stakeholders. The ICEU
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