Senior additional Solicitor General Parinda Ranasinghe took oaths as the Acting Attorney General before the Chief Justice Jayantha Jayasuriya today morning.
He is appointed to fill the vacancy created by the retirement of AG Sanjaya Rajaratnam last week.
Earlier, The Sunday Times reported that Mr. Ranasinghe’s name is later due to be submitted to the Constitutional Council for approval for his appointment to the AG’s post permanently.
My memory takes me back to 1979, to a moment etched in time when a strikingly tall and impeccably dressed military officer, a Master in charge of Cadeting at Prince of Wales College commanding a guard of honour presented to President J.R. Jayawardene by the cadets of 3CCC, consisted of Ananda, Nalanda and Prince of Wales Cadet platoons at the Prince of Wales College grounds.
An American national, who had been staying in Sri Lanka for nearly ten months without a valid visa while using a Sinhala name under his American passport, was arrested by the Tourist Police of the Kandy.
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The only orangutan held at the Dehiwala National Zoological gardens had passed away yesterday.
The Secretary of the Bodu Bala Sena Organisation Ven Galagodaatte Ganasara Thera was today imprisoned for the third time.
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