New Ministers and Secretaries assumed duties in the respective ministries today.
Prime Minister Harini Amarasuriya assumed duties as the Health Minister. She was also appointed as the subject minister in charge of Public Administration, Provincial Councils, Local Councils and Labor, Education, Science and Technology and Trade. She is to visit other ministries later in the day.
Mr Vijitha Herath too assumed duties at the Media Ministry and Public Security . He is also in charge of miniseries such as Buddhasasana and Religious and Cultural Affairs, National Integration, Foreign Affairs, Environment, Wldlife and Forest Resources, Water Supply, Plantation and community infrastructure. He also would visit his other ministries later in the day.
K.M Mahinda Siriwardena assumed duties as the secretary of the Ministry of Finance, Economic Development, Policy Making, Planning and Tourism.
Apart from that ministry secretaries of the other respective ministries too assumed duties.
The media Ministry too appointed Dr Senesh Dissanayake Bandra as chairman of Sri Lanka Rupavahini Corporation.
Journalist Priyantha Vedamulla has been appointed as the Chairman of the Independent Television Network.
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 Minister of Power, Kumara Jayakody, stated that in the future, internationally funded projects, such as power projects, will only be carried out through government-to-government (G2G) agreements and competitive procurement.
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.
Israel, a major player in the global diamond and jewellery trade, has invited Sri Lankan gem and jewellery businessmen and designers to collaborate with Israeli diamond traders.
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