Rienzie Arsecularatne, a senior lawyer and former Director General of the Bribery Commission, has been appointed the new chairman of HNB (bank) with effect from May 1, the bank announced on Thursday. Mr. Arsecularatne, a government nominee, was (earlier) appointed a director of the bank effective April 30. He takes over from Ms Rose Cooray, director, who had been the interim chairperson. Palitha Pelpola, D. Soosaipillai and A.N. de Silva has been appointed as new members to the board. The changes follow a government decision to replace all those who were appointed in commercial banks by the previous regime.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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