Transport Minister Bimal Rathnayake says a bonus will be granted to profit-making bus depots of the Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB). 

Minister Rathnayake said that the profit-making business model for this purpose had been formulated. 

He pointed out that the Hatton depot could easily make profits, but is facing obstacles due to unnecessary issues. 

Minister Rathnayake further clarified that the bonuses will be paid directly to profit-making bus depots only and not the SLTB.

“Try to increase salaries to at least Rs. 100,000 before retiring with a pension. Make it possible. We have started giving bonuses to the Ports and Aviation sectors,” he told SLTB officials. 

The Transport Minister also advised the SLTB to formulate a plan to integrate both the SLTB and private bus operations within the next year. 

Minister Bimal Rathnayake made the remarks during a meeting with SLTB and private bus officials. (Newswire)

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The Nuwara Eliya Police has launched a probe into the robbery of nearly Rs. 09 million from the area’s Sri Lanka Transport Board (SLTB) bus depot. 

According to the Lankadeepa newspaper, an unidentified group is reported to have murdered the security guard at the bus depot and stolen the cash that was kept to be deposited in the bank.

The Nuwara Eliya Police said the murdered security guard was an 85-year-old resident of Galpaya in Nuwara Eliya. 

Preliminary investigations reveal that the security guard had been murdered and nearly Rs. 09 million that had been kept inside a cabinet at the depot had been stolen.

Investigations also reveal that the security guard had been inside his guardpost during which the suspects had attacked him on the head with a sharp weapon.

The Police further said that the officer in charge of the depot and the cashier had also been at the depot at the time of the incident, but had been asleep. (Newswire)

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