The application of the registration of “Kegalle District Journalists’ Union” was handed over to the Commissioner-General of Labor Prabath Chandrakeerthi at the Ministry of Labor by District Leader, Journalist Bandara Pahalawatte. Mrs. T. C. Karunaratne, Assistant Commissioner of Labor (Trade Unions), and other leaders including the President of the Media Employees Trade Union Karunaratne Gamage are also in the picture.

A trilingual “Handbook for Professional Journalists” published by the Federation of Media Employees Trade Unions a supported by the IREX, handover to Hon. Labor Minister Mr. Nimal Siripala De Silva. This handbook discusses the problems of professional journalists’ rights and organizational issues.  every journalist must follow this guidebook.

Bauddhaloka Mawatha is a wide, tree-lined avenue in Colombo in Sri Lanka. It runs from Galle Road in the west towards Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte, the administrative capital of Sri Lanka, in the east. The avenue runs past a few university playgrounds and several colonial-era buildings, now occupied by embassies and ministries in a leafy part of Colombo 7. The cluster of buildings across the side of the road leading to the office is the Sri Lankan Broadcasting Corporation (SLBC).