Rukdevi Fernando has been appointed the new Commissioner General of Inland Revenue.
The appointment was approved by Cabinet on a proposal submitted by the President Anura Kumara Dissanyake in his capacity as Minister of Finance, Planning and Economic Development.
Ms. Fernando joined the Inland Revenue Service as an assessor in 1999 and was promoted to Senior Assessor, Deputy Commissioner, Commissioner and Senior Commissioner.
She also served in a special grade position (as a Deputy Commissioner General). She will is assume official duties tomorrow, 20.03.2025, as the 39th Commissioner General of the Department.
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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