SriLankan Airlines at the weekend placed newspaper ads calling for applications to fill the vacant posts of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Commercial Officer (CCO). Kapila Chandrasena, the former CEO, stepped down from his post days prior to the release of the interim report on the airline by the J.C. Weliamuna committee where Chandrasena, along with the former chairman Nishantha Wickremasinghe, was accused of several, allegedly irregular decisions. After a new board of appointed, the post was filled by an acting CEO Rakhitha Jayawardena as a temporary move. The national carrier has said the both locals and foreigners can apply for the positions. The CCO position was last held by G.T. Jayaseelan who retired after a long service with the company. (SD)
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.
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.
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