Public service not an eight-hour job: Lanka president Ranil Wickremesinghe

Wickremesinghe urges public servants to work overtime 'to make cash-strapped island a prosperous nation this year'

Public service in Sri Lanka is not an eight-hour job, President Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Monday, as he urged public servants to work overtime to make the cash-strapped island a prosperous nation this year.
 

Sri Lanka was hit by an unprecedented financial crisis last year due to a severe paucity of foreign exchange reserves that also sparked political turmoil in the island nation which led to the ouster of the all-powerful Rajapaksa family.
 

“Each person’s duties (public servants) cannot be limited to 8 hours a day and 5 days a week. Let's all work with commitment. By the end of