Sri Lanka, March 30 -- Industrial Export, Investment Promotion, Tourism and Civil Aviation Minister Prasanna Ranatunga yesterday requested all Board of Investment (BOI) companies to pay the March salary of their employees who were sent back to their homes following the closing down of their factories due to the curfew.

Minister Ranathunga has made this request from company owners following the directionS of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa.

The Minister said around 137,478 employees attached to the 278 factories in 14 Free Trade Zones are waiting for their March salaries.

Factories at all Free Trade Zones in the country have temporary closed down except for several factories manufacturing essential medi...