President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, with the concurrence of the Ministry of Defence and recommendations of the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Shavendra Silva has promoted a total of 63 Senior Officers to their respective next ranks.
The President in his position as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has promoted retrospectively, one of the largest segment of promotions, made in recent times, a communiqué of the Military Secretariat Branch said yesterday (Dec 16).
In total 4 new Major Generals, 25 Brigadiers and 34 Lieutenant Colonels of the Army were promoted.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The UK government has unveiled a package of reforms to simplify imports from developing countries which allows for more garments manufactured in Sri Lanka to enter the UK tariff-free.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Cabinet has approved the appointment of Commodore (retired) M.B.N.A. Premaratne of the Sri Lanka Navy, as the new Commissioner General of Excise.
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