Newly appointed District Secretary of Batticaloa district J.S. Arulraj assumed duties today at the District Secretariat office(26).
His appointment came following the retirement of outgoing Secretary Mrs. J. J. Muralitharan, who retired from public service with effect from yesterday (25).
Ministry of Public Administration, Provincial Councils and Local Government secured cabinet approval on September 19 to appoint J. S. Arulraj, a Special Grade Officer of the Sri Lanka Administrative Service, who was currently serving as the Secretary to the Governor of the Eastern Province, as the new District Secretary of Batticaloa District.
Several shops were damaged in a major fire that broke out in a shop on the third floor of a building at First Cross Street in Pettah, Colombo, today evening.
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake today warned that Ceylon Electricity Board Employees would have to make a choice in the next two months.
The number of Buddhist monks who were killed following the accident at the Na Uyana Theravada Buddhist Monastery (Na Uyana Aranya Senansenaya) in Pansiyagama, Melsiripura, Kurunegala currently stands at nine , with four injured, Minister of Buddhasasana, Religious and Cultural Affairs Prof. Hiniduma Sunil Senevi told Parliament this morning. He revealed that two of the injured Buddhist monks are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, addressing the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly, said that both inequality and poverty ought to be regarded as a worldwide catastrophe that requires urgent attention.
The opposition has renewed its demand for a long delayed forensic audit into the controversial e-visa deal, following the sentencing of former Controller General of Immigration, Harsha Ilukpitiya, for contempt of court.
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