As the government stumbles from crisis to crisis, the administration is also considering changes in the officials’ holding high posts.
Tipped to be appointed as Central Bank Governor is Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, a former Senior Deputy Governor of the bank. One other proposal by the President is to appoint business magnet Dhammika Perera as the Treasury Secretary although incumbent S.R. Attygalle has not stepped down, official sources said.
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The Inland Revenue Department (IRD) backed by the Excise and Customs Department today launched a fresh drive to collect taxes including some Rs.780 billion listed as ‘collectable defaults’.
The Supreme Court today unanimously dismissed a Fundamental Rights petition filed by five convicts in the 1996 Krishanthi Kumaraswamy abduction, rape, and murder case.
A SriLankan airlines flight has been grounded in an airport in Indonesia due to a technical defect leaving 93 passengers stranded, an official said.
The actions of a resident in Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa helped to avoid a possible railway accident involving an office train on the southern coastal line today, the Railway Department said.
Former international spinner Sachithra Senanayake is set to become the first Sri Lankan cricketer indicted under the country’s Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act (Act No. 24 of 2019).
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