Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa is scheduled to undertake a two-day visit to Jaffna on July 31 and August 1, the PM office said. This would be his first visit to the district since the Sri Lanka Podujana Party (SLPP) led government took office was last year.
During his visit, Prime Minister Rajapaksa will inaugurate a desalination plant in Thalaiyadi and hand over houses and deeds to newly resettled families in the district, according to G. Cassilingham, Coordinating Secretary to the Prime Minister.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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