The Ministerial portfolio of Justice, Prison Affairs and Constitutional Reforms has been brought under the purview of the President through a Gazette Extraordinary issued yesterday.
A Gazette Notification issued by the Secretary to President Saman Ekanayake following directives issued by President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the gazette was being issued after having consulted with the Prime Minister under Article 44 (3) of the Constitution.
The realignment of the portfolio came following the recent decision by Minister Wijeydasa Rajapakshe to resign from his cabinet portfolio in order to contest in the upcoming Presidential polls.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
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