Namal Rajapaksa has been named as the National Organiser of the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) replacing his uncle Basil Rajapaksa who stepped down from the post earlier.
The appointment was made when the Executive Committee of the SLPP met at the residence of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa today evening.
The SLPP during its convention held in December refrained from filling the post though Mr Basil Rajapaksa had stepped down from the post.
However they created a new position in the party as Deputy National Organizer.
There was speculation at that time that Mr Basil Rajapaksa would be reappointed to the post after he returned to the country. However he has not taken up the post again thereby enabling his nephew to take up the post.
Public Security Minister Ananda Wijepala told Parliament today that the suspect in the rape of a lady doctor at the Anuradhapura teaching hospital has been identified as an army deserter and he will be apprehended shortly.
Police have arrested the suspect connected to the sexual assault on a female doctor at the Anuradhapura Teaching Hospital today morning in Galnewa.
The Dutch Public Prosecutor suspects two companies of paying bribes in the construction of hospitals in Sri Lanka, according to an investigation by FD, the Dutch financial newspaper.
The Government today tabled in the House the Report of the Commission to Inquiry into the Establishment and Maintenance of Unlawful Places of Detention and Torture Chambers in the Batalanda Housing Scheme.
Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today he wholly rejects the Batalanda Commission report and that it was appointed wholly with the intention slinging political mud at him.
Leader of the National People’s Party (NPP) and one time Propaganda Secretary of the JVP Wimal Weerawansa accused the Government of bringing back the “Batalanda Commission” for a media spectacle instead of a genuine concern for those who suffered during the 1988-1990 period.
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